A comparative always compares something directly with something else. This compares to modern values less than 1 to 4. This compares to 13,019 the previous year. It compares filgotinib versus adalimumab/Humira versus a placebo. It is unclear how it compares to gabapentin for this use. A simile () is a figure of speech that directly "compares" two things. This compares with 0.4 in the US for that year. He compares the writing favourably to that of live-action drama. Additionally, she compares the performativity of gender to the performance of the theater. In it he compares systems of kinship. Georg Simmel compares Nietzsche's importance to ethics to that of Copernicus for cosmology. In terms of concision and accuracy, Cranmer compares poorly with Luther. Notably, Pagnol also frequently compares women and land, showing both can be barren or fertile. According to Dorthe Refslund Christensen, Hubbard's hagiography directly compares him with Buddha. Perhaps nothing in David's reign compares in importance to burghs.