"the hate I felt towards her paled in comparison to how much I loved her"
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2008-01-28 14:24:03 UTC
The use of the phrase "PALES IN COMPARISON" is generally used in the way similar words describe a person's complexion - PALE, PALLID, or PALLOR. When a person is on the verge of collapsing into unconsciousness after some terrible shock, blood drains from their face which makes their face appear white. When we speak of something that "PALES IN COMPARISON" to some other thing, we mean the difference between the two things is so extreme to the point of making the lesser thing faint from shock when exposed to the greater thing.
However, to say that someone's love for another person pales in comparison to the hate that someone also feels for the same person seems kind of conflicted. It is common to describe people having a "love-hate relationship", but if the love far outweighs the hate, I might say that their love "conquers" the hate instead of saying it "pales in comparison." When love conquers hate, the hate is vanquished and disappears. When love pales in comparison to hate, the hate still remains even if it is vastly overshadowed by the love.
Hope this helps.
bierman
2016-10-02 06:03:57 UTC
Pales In Comparison
2008-01-28 14:51:04 UTC
It means, as an intransitive verb, which is your usage, 'to become pale'.
No the sentence doesn't work but you could rephrase
The intensity of my hatred towards her for doing better on the school test paled in comparison to the strenght of my love for her in taking the time to study with me the night before.
Hate doesn't pale in comparison to love, though an intensity can. Hope you see what I'm getting at.
2015-08-18 18:28:30 UTC
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'Pales in comparison' means?
Does this sentence work:
"the hate I felt towards her paled in comparison to how much I loved her"
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2016-03-24 15:30:55 UTC
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It depends on how you're using it. "That mountain pales in comparison to the Alps." OR "That will pale in comparison when next to a real boulder." "Pale" is an action verb in this instance, thus you need to tense it accordingly. I'll use the word "jump" to replace it so you can see what I mean. "That mountain jumps in comparison to the Alps." OR "That will jump in comparison to a real boulder." Does that help?
2008-01-28 13:26:54 UTC
To seem lacking in importance or quality than something else. i.e. I thought I had a frightening accident, but mine pales in comparison with yours.
Ryan
2008-01-28 13:23:38 UTC
Yes, it does. "Paled in comparison" in this sense would mean that the love was much greater than the hate.
Marc G
2008-01-28 13:37:17 UTC
Think of emotion like a colour. Paled in comparison means that it had less emotion attached to it...it was, figuratively, paler.
*less emotion
Loving Life
2008-01-28 13:25:43 UTC
It wasn't on the same level, it was beneath it, had less worth.
In your example, he loved her more than he hated her.
2008-01-28 13:23:18 UTC
It means that the hate seemed sort of insignificant, comparatively.
Like, because he loves her so much he could forget about the hate.
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