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Difference between Equal to something and Equal with something

equal to something

1. (of things) equal to another thing in price, quality, etc.:

  • A table-tennis ball is roughly equal in size to a golf ball.

2. having the power or ability to do smth.:

  • After our long cooping-up on shipboard we were not equal to any exertion.

equal with something— = equal to something 1:

  • The Earth is very tiny, compared with sunspots. Our planet is equal in size with a modest sunspot.