Compare and Contrast

Comparing places, people and things

comparing

• finding the similarities

London is similar to Paris because they are both captical cities.

London is similar to Paris in that they are both capital cites.

Jack is identical to his father, they both love football.

• Jack is the same as his father, they both love football.

Jack is just like his father, they both love football.

• Jack is the spitting image of his father.

Contrasting places, people and things

contrast

• finding the differences

Manchester is different from Paris because it is much more industrial.

Manchester is different from Paris in that the climate is colder than Paris.

Idiomatic expressions for contrasting

They are world’s apart.

They are poles apart.

They are like chalk and cheese.

Manchester is a far cry from Paris.

Stephen King is in a different league from Enid Blyton.

Connectors to compare and contrast ideas

I love football, similarly I am big fan of basketball too.

I love Chinese food, likewise, I’m really into Vietnamese food as well.

I am really busy during the week, but on the weekend, conversely, I have lots of free time.

I’m really busy on Mondays, Fridays, on the contrary, are much easier.

I’m busy this week, next week, on the other hand, I have much less work to do.