compare
verb (used with object)
to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences.
comparer
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a word derived from
compare.
Example Sentences
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Godwin’s Law has lasted for so long precisely because of its form, which hints that the comparer may be acting as mindlessly as the laws of physics.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2022
Our indigenous UK supermarket oligopoly got away with this because it talked in a labyrinthine “price-matching” language of loyalty cards, vouchers and points, guaranteed to tie even the most diligent price comparer in knots.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2014
This can be done by using the same instrument together with a comparer.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 by Various
S'il est permis" says Delacroix, speaking of his Sardanapalus, "de comparer les petites choses aux grandes, ce fut mon Waterloo.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 by Various
Not unkindly judges have, it is true, pronounced it not very amusing; and an uncritical comparer may find it injured by Gautier's book.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
