compare

After we moved, my mom liked to compare or look for things that were similar and different between our old and new houses. She compared or considered both kitchens and said that the new one was too small. When Mom compared or thought about both homes’ bedrooms, she said the new ones were bigger. Now that we have lived in our new house for a while, she no longer needs to compare or measure the two homes against each other.

Quiz: Try again! What are you doing when you compare two things?

• You are checking the size of each to make sure that they both are the same.
• You are seeing how they are the same as and unlike each other.
• You watch one thing on one day and another thing the next day.

• Our kids came to visit a few weeks after we made our purchases, and we had plenty of time to compare notes and decide who got the best deal. — USA Today
• Among 18- to 30-year-olds, the rate of donations to causes doubled in 2020 compared with the three previous years, according to a survey by the group Cause and Social Influence. — The Christian Science Monitor