Compared with Theodore of Stoudios, Nikephoros appears as a friend of conciliation, learned in patristics, more inclined to take the defensive than the offensive, and possessed of a comparatively chaste, simple style.

Compared to other word processors of the day such as Micropro WordStar 3. 3, WordPerfect 4. 2, and Microsoft Word 2. 0, Symphony's word processing environment was simple, but effective and uncomplicated.

Compared to the European standards, the CRC system was faster, bi-directional, and offered real graphics as opposed to simple character graphics.

Compared to those conceived naturally, babies that resulted from simple IVF, or in vitro fertilization — mixing eggs and sperm in a lab dish — had no greater risk of birth defects once factors such as the mother's age and smoking were taken into account.

Compared to the later programmable controllers, the Technic control center is extremely simple and can only barely be called programmable.

Compared to simple oil or shellac varnishes, polyurethane varnish forms a harder, decidedly tougher and more waterproof film.

Compared to some other " warblers ", their songs are very simple

Compared to conventional kitchen stoves, glass-ceramic cooktops are relatively simple to clean, due to their flat surface.

Compared to other popular schema languages, RELAX NG is relatively simple.

Compared with the older songs, Wesley and other new composers wrote with a simple structure.

Compared to simple open fires, enclosed stoves can offer greater efficiency and control.

Compared to the Mester de Clerecía the authors weren't educated, it treats popular topics, the language is simple and the metrics of the verses is irregular.

Compared to simple shanty towns or slums, Rocinha has a better developed infrastructure and hundreds of businesses such as banks, medicine stores, bus lines, cable television, including locally based channel TV ROC ( TV Rocinha ), and, at one time, a McDonalds franchise.

Compared with the tricycles of the time, popular with riders less willing to take risks, the safety bicycles were lighter, mechanically more simple, and less expensive.

Compared to Harrison's watch, the basic design of Arnold's was very simple whilst being both consistently accurate and mechanically reliable.

Compared to a simple round canopy, a parafoil parachute has greater steerability, will glide further and allows greater control of the rate of descent ; the parachute format is mechanically a hang glider of the free-flight kite type and such aspects spawned paraglider use.

Compared to the VF750F, the new VFR750F featured greatly improved power output ( 105 hp up from 83 hp ), lighter weight ( claimed 20 kg ), a lower center of gravity, a wider front tire, a slightly shorter wheelbase ( 15mm ) gear driven cams and 6 rather than 5 gears.

Compared to the compound on the right ( which, lacking an alkene group, is unable to give this reaction ) the bridgehead carbon-carbon bond length is expected to be shorter if the theory holds because on approaching the transition state this bond gains double bond character.

Compared to Liliales, they usually have plain tepals without markings in the form of dots.

Compared to running shoes, badminton shoes have little lateral support.

Compared to intercity trains, they have less space, fewer amenities and limited baggage areas.

Compared to ethnography, the study of single groups through direct contact with the culture, ethnology takes the research that ethnographers have compiled and then compares and contrasts different cultures.

Compared to modern athletes, they were probably overweight, but this may have " protected their vital organs from the cutting blows of their opponents ".

Compared to glacial conditions, habitable zones have expanded northwards, reaching their northernmost point during the hypsithermal.

Compared to Western societies, " hat is striking about the Islamic world is that ... it seems to have been the least penetrated by irreligion ".

Compared with other cichlids, these species produce fewer but bigger eggs, and when they emerge, the fry are better developed and have a higher survivability.

Compared to a typical PC, mainframes commonly have hundreds to thousands of times as much data storage online, and can access it much faster.

Compared to autoloading handguns, a revolver is often much simpler to operate and may have greater reliability.

The Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca ( CRIC ) issued a statement concerning the release of two hostages taken by FARC in 2011: " Compared to past statements made by the national government, it is important to reiterate that the presence of armed groups in our territories is a fact that has been imposed by force of arms, against which our communities and their leaders have remained in peaceful resistance.

* Compared to rural areas, suburbs usually have greater population density, higher standards of living, more complex road systems, more franchised stores and restaurants, and less farmland and wildlife.

Compared to the rest of western Washington state, vine maple is notably absent, except where they have been planted.

Compared with freshwater turtles, sea turtles have very limited mobility on land, and apart from the dash from the nest to the sea as hatchlings, male sea turtles normally never leave the sea.

Compared to residents of other American cities, Bostonians have shorter commute times than many and use public transit more than most.

Compared with smart switches, enterprise switches have more features that can be customized or optimized, and are generally more expensive than smart switches.

Compared with some other carbohydrate sources, pulses have a lower glycemic index.

Compared with other annelids, echiurans have relatively few setae.

Compared to non-frail elderly people, people with intermediate frailty scores ( 2 or 3 ) are twice as likely to have post-surgical complications, spend 50 % more time in the hospital, and are three times as likely to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility instead of to their own homes.

Compared to earlier consumer-oriented color printers, inkjets have a number of advantages.

Compared to the closely related geese they are much larger in size and have proportionally larger feet and necks.

Compared to later jazz, the ODJB recordings have only modest improvisation in mostly ensemble tunes.

( Compared to the version he published in 2004, the alveolates and the rhizarians have been moved from Kingdom Protozoa to Kingdom Chromista.

Compared with individuals who watched television or videos or used their computers for less than one hour daily, those who carried out these behaviors for greater than four hours daily have a twofold increased risk of metabolic syndrome.

Compared with an algorithm like adaptive rejection sampling that directly generates independent samples from a distribution, Metropolis – Hastings and other MCMC algorithms have a number of disadvantages: