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Compare to, or compare with?

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    Points out a resemblance
    Category
    Compare to
  2. Item
    Likens things of different order
    Category
    Compare to
  3. Item
    Life compared to a voyage
    Category
    Compare to
  4. Item
    Points out differences
    Category
    Compare with
  5. Item
    Sets side by side things of the same order
    Category
    Compare with
  6. Item
    One novel compared with another
    Category
    Compare with
Categories
  1. Item
    Compare to
  2. Item
    Compare with

Explanation

Compare TO points out resemblances between things of different order compare WITH points out differences between things of the same order. Source: The Elements of Style, Strunk (1918), Words Commonly Misused.
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