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compare apples with apples

compare apples with apples is the alternative form of compare apples to apples.

Meaning of compare apples to apples

Verb

compare apples to apples (third-person singular simple present compares apples to apples, present participle comparing apples to apples, simple past and past participle compared apples to apples)

  1. To compare like things.
    • The article compares apples to apples, grouping diamond rings of the same variety and price together.
    Antonyms:
    compare apples and oranges

Forms of compare apples with apples

third-person singular presentcompares apples with apples
present participlecomparing apples with apples
past participlecompared apples with apples
pastcompared apples with apples

Questions about compare apples with apples

What is compare apples with apples the alternative form of?
Compare apples with apples is the alternative form of compare apples to apples.

Words near compare apples with apples in the dictionary

  1. comparators
  2. compare
  3. compare and contrast
  4. compare and despair
  5. compare apples to apples
  6. compare apples with apples
  7. compare notes
  8. compareable
  9. compared
  10. compared and contrasted
  11. compared and despaired

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