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Compare 
The process of identifying the similarities and differences between two things
Contrast 
The process of identifying only the differences between two things
Comparison 
Examining how things are similar
Contrast 
Seeing how things differ
Comparison 
H1N1 in 1918 is just the same with COVID-19. They are both contagious.
Contrast 
Although both are contagious, they differ in origin.
Reasons to compare things
To determine the superiority of one thing over the other
To explain something that is unknown by comparing it to that something that is known
Reasons to compare and contrast things
To show that two apparently similar things are in fact quite different
To show that two apparently dissimilar things are quite similar
To show how something or someone has changed
Connectors used when comparing
however
but
nevertheless
still
whereas
yet
Connectors used when contrasting
although
though
even if
even though
Connectors used when contrasting
despite
in spite of
Connectors used when expressing similarities
as...as
the same...as
like
both
Comparison connectors 
one similarity
another similarity
comparably
both
equally
like
similarly
moreover
in comparison
likewise
in a similar manner
in a similar fashion
in the same way
equivalently
likewise
Contrast connectors 
one difference
unlike
another difference
while
conversely
whereas
in contrast
yet
on the other hand
though
rather
otherwise