# Comparing apples to oranges **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970 "2023-12-01T18:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/21 "2023-12-02T02:22:20Z")
And “Apples and Oranges” is…well, just listen: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0X9r7eIP_Kg/hqdefault.jpg "Richard Dawson "Apples and Oranges"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X9r7eIP_Kg) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/22 "2023-12-02T06:20:38Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > [@mixdenny](#): > > > > That’s literally what comparison means. I can easily list the differences, advantages and disadvantages of apple and oranges. > > Isn’t that contrast and not compare Contrast implies an a priori assumption that they’re different. Compare implies no prior assumptions. Which is why so many exam questions in my schooldays began “Compare and contrast…” ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/23 "2023-12-02T17:29:27Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Isn’t that contrast and not compare? Contrast is the dark side of compare. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/24 "2023-12-02T17:40:20Z")
Oranges are rounder than apples. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/25 "2023-12-02T21:16:16Z")
Interesting fact: if the Earth were the size of an orange, it would taste terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/26 "2023-12-02T21:20:19Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Ook! Hey, this is MPSIMS! Save that sort of language for the Pit! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/27 "2023-12-02T21:23:34Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Hey, this is MPSIMS! Save that sort of language for the Pit! Eek!! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/28 "2023-12-02T21:26:50Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Hey, this is MPSIMS! Save that sort of language for the Pit! Ork!!! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/29 "2023-12-02T22:14:43Z")
Auk! Auk! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/30 "2023-12-02T22:21:04Z")
🎵 That means, “I love you!” 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970/31 "2023-12-02T22:26:51Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > Hey, this is MPSIMS! Save that sort of language for the Pit! > > Eek! Apology accepted. Just don’t go monkeying - wait, no no no no no, I’m sorry, I wasn’t calling _you_ a monkey!! Oh, shit!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-apples-to-oranges/993970.md?page=1)