How to make comparisons in English
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HOW TO MAKE COMPARISONS IN ENGLISH |
Unlike (+noun) |
Rightly or wrongly |
It is equivalent to… |
It’s second to none. |
It bears no relation with… |
It’s quite unique |
It has nothing to do with… |
It can’t compete with… |
It makes no odds. / It all amounts to the same thing. / It all boils down to the same thing. / It comes to the same thing. |
It doesn’t make the slightest difference. |
There is no comparison. |
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts. / It’s swings and roundabouts. |
Compared with…/In comparison with… |
Contrary to… |
He is nowhere near as strong as… |
I’ve never seen anything like it. |
I make no distinction between… and … |
I don’t see the connection. |
Better late than never. |
In/By comparison,… |
In contrast to… |
As opposed to… |
For better or for worse. |
If you set… against… |
All the better!/ So much the better! |
You’ve only got to compare. |
… bears little resemblance to… |
… bears a close resemblance to… |
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