"pale in comparison" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-pale in comparison.ogg Forms: pales in comparison [present, singular, third-person], paling in comparison [participle, present], paled in comparison [participle, past], paled in comparison [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pale in comparison (third-person singular simple present pales in comparison, present participle paling in comparison, simple past and past participle paled in comparison)
  1. (idiomatic) To appear small or unimportant in relation to something else. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: pale by comparison Related terms: pale into insignificance, hold a candle Translations (appear unimportant): kalveta jonkun rinnalla (Finnish), faire pâle figure (French), blednąć [imperfective] (Polish), zblednąć [perfective] (Polish), бледне́ть на фоне (blednétʹ na fone) (Russian), no compararse con (Spanish), palidecer en comparación (Spanish), empalidecer en comparanza (Spanish), lividecer comparativamente (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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