MARKERS OF COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
Comparison between sentences
X is
X and Y are
X is very
quite
rather like Y
similar
similar to Y in terms of
with respect to
with regard to quality/size/
expense etc.
X resembles Y in that they are both large/expensive etc.
X is
exactly
precisely
just
virtually
almost
nearly the same as Y.
Both X and Y are large/expensive etc.
X is as large as Y.
X is no larger than Y.
X is the same size as Y.
X is costly to buy and it is (also) costly to maintain.
Comparison between sentences
X is expensive to buy.
Similarly,
Likewise,
Moreover,
Furthermore,
In addition, it is expensive to maintain/operate etc.
Contrast within sentences
X is unlike Y
X differs from Y
X and Y differ
X is different from Y
X contrasts with Y with respect to
with regard to
in terms of size/expense etc.
in that X is smaller/more expensive etc.
X has four Zs,
whereas
while
but
yet
although Y has three.
Y is
X is
considerably
a great deal
(very)much
rather
somewhat
a little
slightly
only just
scarcely smaller than X.
larger than Y.
Contrast between sentences
X is expensive to buy.
However,
Conversely,
By/In contrast,
On the other hand, it is cheap to operate/maintain etc.