compare it against vs compare it with

Both "compare it against" and "compare it with" are commonly used phrases in English, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Compare it against" is typically used when evaluating something in relation to a standard or benchmark, while "compare it with" is used when examining similarities and differences between two or more things.

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compare it against

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when evaluating something in relation to a standard or benchmark.

This phrase is used when you want to assess something in comparison to a specific standard or benchmark. It implies a more critical evaluation.

Examples:

We need to compare the new product against industry standards.
The performance of the team will be compared against last year's results.

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We input all the evidence we've got and compare it against the database, starting with ballistics.
Just the guy at the lab said the only way to go is DNA testing and I need something to compare it against.
Now, no power can flow through that arc, so if you map out the arc locations, and compare it against the building's circuitry, you should be able to figure out which wire burnt fir.
And would you have forensics compare it against that hair sample - we found at Rick Wyatt's crime scene?
We are going through some reference tests to compare it against professional equipment to see if there's a degree of change in efficacy and if it actually makes an impact in people's lives.
Compares the specified property of the Device (using Device type and Value name) and using the evaluator, compares it against the text provided.
In short, the Committee is called upon to examine how the UK regulatory system compares when judged against its peers in an EU environment.
All right, look at the note again and compare against the wording on the charts.
CSU just swabbed the bottle for evidence, which we'll compare against this, which will put you at Frank's place.
You can't help but compare yourself against the old-timers.
To compare against the homeless guy we killed and put in steadman's car, but we destroyed all exterior dna samples, so that there'd be nothing to compare them to.
You can't help but compare yourself against the old-timers.
I can compare these photos against Spencer Holt's remains.
We compare each upload against all of the reference files in our database.
So you asked him to compare your results against the Pentagon's classified threat intelligence.
I've identified several groups of genetic markers called haplotypes, and now I need a set of algorithms to compare them against the Bio department's photo base.
They're designed to compare hypothetical immigration positions against variable cohort dispositions.
We can compare Bankowski's DNA against the original results.
In order to compare his fingerprints against a partial found in an ongoing murder investigation.
Did you compare the kill wound against the snakes victim?

Alternatives:

measure it against
evaluate it against
assess it against
contrast it against
match it against

compare it with

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when examining similarities and differences between two or more things.

This phrase is used when you want to analyze the similarities and differences between two or more things. It implies a more general comparison.

Examples:

Let's compare the two proposals with each other.
She compared the new model with the old one.

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We simply have to look at the text and compare it with the Council's mandate to see how arbitrary the Commission has been.
If we were to compare it with a person, it is not a large step, a step that you or I could take.
I think that it might be quite interesting to compare it with the cost of tax legislation courses, for example.
Then, once we have a list, we can pull the name of every Barnwright client from that flash drive and compare it with the hose purchasers, see if anyone overlaps.
In the meantime I want you to study Katharina Fritsch's "Mouse" that reviewed earlier and compare it with Duchamp "Bicycle Wheel".
To realise the implications of the EU Action Plan adopted, it is important to compare it with its earlier version, as sent by the Commission to the Council in June 2009.
Don't compare it With Wealth.
The second is that it is utterly despicable to make political capital out of something like the disaster that occurred in Hungary, and to compare it with something entirely unconnected.
I want you to compare it with what I wrote.
Now compare it with my original.
It is essential to calculate the systemic exposure in order to compare it with the relevant NOAEL.
The Commission could request information on this and compare it with the practical results obtained.
I mean, when you compare it with the Tanner samples.
Now compare it with the crime scene photo.
I just wanted to compare it with mine.
We have nothing we can compare it with.
Of course, we see this Conference as a success, especially if you compare it with previous attempts in 1978 and 1983.
So look at those four bright objects, and now lets compare it with a camera on the Hubble Space Telescope.
Here you can't find anybody to compare it with, because we're the only animal that walks upright on two legs.
So we can't compare it with De Soto's DNA or Pentino's.

Alternatives:

contrast it with
match it with
analyze it with
examine it with
evaluate it with

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compare it against vs compare it with