比べる

くらべる

to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

JLPT N4 common word Also written 較べる、競べる

Meaning

v1vt
to compare; to make a comparison (between)
v1vt
to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

犬の聴覚の敏感さを人間と比べると、はるかに上だ。

The hearing acuity of dogs is superior by far to that of humans.
初めて催眠に入る人の場合、とても浅い催眠状態から、覚醒してもらって、催眠状態と普通に覚醒した状態とを比べてもらうことがよくあります。

When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised.
そのような情緒と行動の分離に比べれば、破局的結果の方がまだましである。

Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.