"compare and contrast" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: compares and contrasts [present, singular, third-person], comparing and contrasting [participle, present], compared and contrasted [participle, past], compared and contrasted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|compare<> and contrast<>}} 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. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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