pale in comparison

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

pale in comparison (third-person singular simple present pales in comparison, present participle paling in comparison, simple past and past participle paled in comparison)

1. (idiomatic) To appear small or unimportant in relation to something else.

Alternative forms

• pale by comparison

Translations

appear unimportant

• Finnish: kalveta jonkun rinnalla
• French: faire pâle figure (fr)
• Polish: blednąć (pl) impf, zblednąć (pl) pf
• Russian: бледне́ть на фоне (blednétʹ na fone)
• Spanish: no compararse con, palidecer en comparación, empalidecer en comparanza, lividecer comparativamente

See also

• pale into insignificance
• hold a candle