nyggus
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Hi,
I'm looking for an idiomatic and well-sounding combination of two verbs to say that two things have differences and similarities.
For instance, I want to show that soccer and American football are different in something and similar in something else, but instead of using this construction, I'd prefer using strong and direct verbs. Here are three possibilities I've come up with, but I think only the first one meets the condition of strong verbs (though I feel that the preposition in "differ in" lightens it):
1. "Let's discuss what Soccer and American football differ in and what they share."
2. "Let's discuss what makes Soccer and American different and what makes them similar."
3. "Let's discuss what differentiates Soccer and American different and what makes them similar."
Among these three, I like the first most, but maybe there's a better way of saying this?
Thanks,
nyggus
I'm looking for an idiomatic and well-sounding combination of two verbs to say that two things have differences and similarities.
For instance, I want to show that soccer and American football are different in something and similar in something else, but instead of using this construction, I'd prefer using strong and direct verbs. Here are three possibilities I've come up with, but I think only the first one meets the condition of strong verbs (though I feel that the preposition in "differ in" lightens it):
1. "Let's discuss what Soccer and American football differ in and what they share."
2. "Let's discuss what makes Soccer and American different and what makes them similar."
3. "Let's discuss what differentiates Soccer and American different and what makes them similar."
Among these three, I like the first most, but maybe there's a better way of saying this?
Thanks,
nyggus