Compared “to” or compared “with”?

以前一直以为这两个短语用法是差不多的，但今天才无意中发现了这两个用法的不同。

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“To compare to”用来指出两个看似完全不同的事物之间的相似性，比如说 “Life has been compared to a pilgrimage, to a drama, and to a battle.”

“To compare with”则与之相反，用来指出两个类似的事物之间的不同，比如说 “Congress may be compared with the British parliament; Paris has been compared with London.”