What is compare and contrast?

Answer 1

Objects or concepts can be "compared" by examining both their common traits and their differences. But more specifically comparing examines their similarities while contrasting examines their differences.

For example:

Comparing, both an orange and a peach are round fruits with seeds that grow on trees.

But contrasting, an orange is a citrus fruit, has multiple seeds, and is internally segmented, while a peach is sweeter, with one pit, and is only bilaterally divided.

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Answer 2

To compare and contrast two thing means to find the similarities and differences between them.

Answer 3

it is when you compare and contrasts something that is different or alike.