apples and oranges

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see apples, and, oranges.

en-au-apples and oranges.ogg

apples and oranges apples to oranges

chalk and cheese day and night night and day

coinstantiation incomparable like-for-like noncomparable uncomparable

mix apples and oranges

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