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Meanings of
comparing apples and oranges
in English
Portuguese
falsa equivalência
Spanish
falsa equivalencia
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Logical fallacy of inconsistency.
false equivalence
balance fallacy
false balance
false compromise
middle ground
splitting the difference
argumentum ad temperantiam
false equivalency
bothsidesism
Portuguese
falsa equivalência
Usage of
comparing apples and oranges
in English
1
Tony, you're
comparing
apples
and
oranges
and you know it.
2
To try and liken RTE with the BBC is akin to
comparing
apples
and
oranges
.
3
But I don't think the NCVS numbers reflect those kinds of assaults, and so we're sort of
comparing
apples
and
oranges
here.
4
And therefore, as you just noted, when investigators attempted to compare elements of this murder to others', they were
comparing
apples
and
oranges
.
5
To some extent, comparing the capacity of US nuclear installations to that of renewable installations across the world is
comparing
apples
and
oranges
.
6
Comparing
apples
and
oranges
,
putting her up against mortal women.
7
Comparing crises is like
comparing
apples
and
oranges
.
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Translations for
comparing apples and oranges
Portuguese
falsa equivalência
Spanish
falsa equivalencia
equivalencia falsa