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Apples and oranges

noun

Definitions

1.nounA comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible equation

"Comparing the grades of English students to those of engineering students is like trying to compare apples and oranges."

Synonyms

chalk and cheese day and night night and day apples to oranges false analogy disanalogy analogy dissimile compare comparable comparation comparate

Antonyms

apples to apples apples with apples apples to apples, oranges to oranges oranges with oranges

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