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confrontare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • compare verb To examine two or more things together to note their similarities and differences.
  • confront verb To face someone directly, often to challenge or accuse them.

Senses

confrontare is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • confront (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
  • confront (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.

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.

confront — full definition

  1. verb To face someone directly, often to challenge or accuse them.
  2. verb To face up to a difficult problem or situation instead of avoiding it.

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