COMPARES scores 14 points (base, without multipliers).
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noun
1
Comparison.
2
An instruction or command that compares two values.
3
Illustration by comparison; simile.
verb
1
To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
2
To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
3
(grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".
4
To be similar (often used in the negative).
A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.