COMPARES

noun

1. Comparison.
2. An instruction or command that compares two values.
3. Illustration by comparison; simile.

verb

1. To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
2. To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
3. (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).