longlong Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 Question: What's the difference between compare to and compare with? Many investors base their choice between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to the dividends available on common stocks. (A) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to (B) among bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields to © between bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields with (D) among bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields and (E) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields with Ans: C Should we consider bond yield the same as stock devidend? To my understanding, comparing same class of things use with, while comparing different class of things use to. Please help. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBA_Fall2004 Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Yes. You can think 'yield' and 'dividend' to be similar things here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 Originally posted by longlong Should we consider bond yield the same as stock devidend? To my understanding, comparing same class of things use with, while comparing different class of things use to.I suppose that's one way to think of it, although this is not the traditional way to explain it. Compare with: To evaluate things relative to each other; for example, I'm thinking of buying either a Honda Accord or a Toyota Camry, so I'm comparing each with the other, trying to figure out which to buy. This meaning is much more common. Compare to: To say that one thing is like another thing, often to try to explain what one is like, but sometimes as an insult; for example, My friend didn't know what a pomelo was, so I compared it to a grapefruit. Then she was able to understand what it was. or My friend got mad at the way I handled her bags, so she compared me to a gorilla. :yuck: This meaning is less common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirages Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 So here, why can't we choose E? What's the difference between comparison and comparing? Or generally, when do we use a noun, when do we use a gerund? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remPeter Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 Erin, Is it ever correct to say compare against? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorcar Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 then the correct answer is??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Answer is C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikhlas Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Thanks for your clarifying, you made me to ask about the difference between think of ,and think about ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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