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…