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compares and contrasts

compares and contrasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compare and contrast.

Meaning of compare and contrast

Verb

compare and contrast (third-person singular simple present compares and contrasts, present participle comparing and contrasting, simple past and past participle compared and contrasted)

  1. (transitive) To assess both the similarities and the differences between two or more things.
    • Explain how to use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast information: […]2014 February 1, Garth Sundem, Biography Strategy Lesson--Compare and Contrast, Teacher Created Materials, →ISBN, page 18

Questions about compares and contrasts

What is compares and contrasts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Compares and contrasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compare and contrast.

Words near compares and contrasts in the dictionary

  1. comparee
  2. comparees
  3. comparer
  4. comparers
  5. compares
  6. compares and contrasts
  7. compares and despairs
  8. compares apples to apples
  9. compares apples with apples
  10. compares notes
  11. comparest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: compares and contrasts (page history and authors); compare and contrast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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