pale in/by comparison to/with

: palisade, paling

: one of the stakes of a palisade

: picket

: to enclose with pales : fence

: deficient in color or intensity of color : pallid

: not bright or brilliant : dim

: feeble, faint

: to become pale

: to make pale

: involving or dealing with ancient forms or conditions

: early : primitive : archaic

: the act or process of comparing: such as

: the representing of one thing or person as similar to or like another

: an examination of two or more items to establish similarities and dissimilarities