compare-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: evaluate or examine similarities and differences

Examples:
Compare prices in other shops before you make the final decision.
I'd like to compare notes after class.
I'd like to compare my notes to yours after class.
That's like comparing apples with oranges.
Compare some recent work with your older stuff and see how much you've improved.
This road is quite busy compared to ours.
Children seem to learn more interesting things compared to when we were at school.

Mappings:
VerbNet: amalgamate-22.2-2
FrameNet: Evaluative_comparison
PropBank: compare.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: judge as similar, comparable or analogous

Examples:
You can't compare the two cities.
People have compared me to Elizabeth Taylor.
The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade.
We cannot compare this margerine to the taste of real butter.
This margerine does not compare with the taste of real butter.
His scholastic achievements will never compare with those of his brother.
The quality of this fabric compares favorably to the more expensive weaves.

Mappings:
VerbNet: amalgamate-22.2-2
FrameNet: Evaluative_comparison
PropBank: compare.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3

Sense Number 3: to inflect an adjective or adverb

Examples:
Can you compare these adjectives in German?

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4