apples to oranges

English

Alternative forms
  • apples-to-oranges

Noun

apples to oranges pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of apples and oranges
    • 2016 March 23, “YouTube and music labels clash again over ‘meagre’ artist royalties”, in The Guardian‎:
      However, Google has responded by criticising “apples to oranges” comparisons to subscription-based music services like Apple Music and Spotify’s premium tier.
    • 2016 July 5, Dana Nuccitelli, “New research: climate may be more sensitive and situation more dire”, in The Guardian‎:
      Thus looking at modeled surface air temperatures versus measured global land-ocean surface temperatures is an apples-to-oranges comparison.
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