Compare with
Compare with verb - To come near or nearer to in character or quality.
Show and compare with are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a verb "Compare with".
Show
Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Compare with and show are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compare with" instead a verb "Show".
Both terms in one sentence
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Compare with a Vanity Plate, which shows up at the tail end of a show and usually identifies the production company instead of the broadcaster.
Source: Station Ident - Compare with Lock and Load Montage which mainly serves to show how crazy-prepared the protagonists are.
Source: Pre-Battle Banter - Compare with Shoo Out the Clowns, in which the lighthearted and comic-relief characters are taken or killed off the story to show that things have gotten serious.
Source: Too Good for This Sinful Earth
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Show and Compare with. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compare_with/show
Compare with & Show. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compare_with/show>.
Show or Compare with. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compare_with/show.
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