"pale in comparison" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "pales in comparison",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paling in comparison",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paled in comparison",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paled in comparison",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To appear small or unimportant in relation to something else."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "unimportant",
          "unimportant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To appear small or unimportant in relation to something else."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "pale into insignificance"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold a candle"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pale by comparison"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "appear unimportant",
          "word": "kalveta jonkun rinnalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "appear unimportant",
          "word": "faire pâle figure"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "blednétʹ na fone",
          "sense": "appear unimportant",
          "word": "бледне́ть на фоне"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "appear unimportant",
          "word": "no compararse con"
        }
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "word": "pale in comparison"
}

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    {
      "form": "pales in comparison",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paling in comparison",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paled in comparison",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paled in comparison",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pale into insignificance"
    },
    {
      "word": "hold a candle"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To appear small or unimportant in relation to something else."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "unimportant",
          "unimportant"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To appear small or unimportant in relation to something else."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pale by comparison"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "appear unimportant",
      "word": "kalveta jonkun rinnalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "appear unimportant",
      "word": "faire pâle figure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blednétʹ na fone",
      "sense": "appear unimportant",
      "word": "бледне́ть на фоне"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "appear unimportant",
      "word": "no compararse con"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pale in comparison"
}