vergleichen — meaning in English

English meaning

• collate verb To compare different documents in order to find what is similar or different between them.
• compare verb To examine two or more things together to note their similarities and differences.
• comparison noun An act of comparing two or more things, or the result of doing so.
• liken verb To say that one person or thing is similar to another; to compare them.
• paragon noun A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a quality.

Senses

vergleichen is used for these senses in English:

• collate (transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
• compare (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
• comparison The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
• liken Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
• paragon To compare with; to equal; to rival.

collate — full definition

1. verb To compare different documents in order to find what is similar or different between them.
2. verb To put items together in a sensible order.
3. verb To arrange several copies of printed pages into the right order, one set at a time, usually before they are bound.
4. verb To bestow or confer.

compare — full definition

1. verb To examine two or more things together to note their similarities and differences.
2. verb To describe one thing as similar to another.

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