You cannot compare these cars; it is apples to apples, oranges to oranges.
apples to apples, oranges to oranges
idiomA comparison of items that are similar, while also acknowledging or distinguishing a separation of their sets or categories.
When analyzing the sales data, we must separate the retail and wholesale sectors to ensure we are comparing apples to apples, oranges to oranges.
To reach a fair conclusion regarding the two different economic models, the researchers insisted on comparing apples to apples, oranges to oranges, rather than conflating disparate variables.
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apples and oranges
A comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
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apples to apples
A comparison of items that are similar.
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mix apples and oranges
To mix or confuse two completely different objects or ideas.
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oranges with oranges
Synonym of apples to apples.