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 to simple planetary gears, compound planetary gears have the advantages of larger reduction ratio, higher torque-to-weight ratio, and more flexible configurations.

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 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 rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of the towns and cities in the Veluwe region.

Compared to other towns in Wayne County, the percentage of African-Americans is disproportionately high.

Compared to other towns in south Buckinghamshire, there are fewer detached and owner-occupied houses and a higher proportion of social rental accommodation.

Compared to other towns of the region, Eberswalde has quite a huge Carnival society.

Compared many other Galician towns, Vigo experiences warmer summer temperatures and milder winters.

Compared to the average, Hajdú-Bihar has a small number of inhabited places: 19 towns and 62 villages.

Compared to this, kings in the north and west of Ireland had easy access to no towns, while those in the south, in Munster, had access to two, Cork on the south coast and Limerick on the west coast.

Compared to the other tobacco colonies, North Carolina was less developed, with no cities and barely any small towns or villages.

Compared to the previous model, DER2 has thinner arms and a wider repertoire of expressions.

Compared to rapid transit ( or metro rail ), commuter / suburban rail has lower frequency, following a schedule rather than fixed intervals, and fewer stations spaced further apart.

Compared to paper, it has the advantage of faster runs, better separations, and the choice between different adsorbents.

Compared to other developing countries, El Salvador has experienced relatively low rates of GDP growth.

Compared to its neighbors, Kenya has a well-developed social and physical infrastructure.

Compared to honey, maple syrup has 15 times more calcium and 1 / 10 as much sodium.

Compared to RT-PCR, northern blotting has a low sensitivity, but it also has a high specificity which is important to reduce false positive results.

Compared to other militaries, it has suffered the highest number of casualties in the war.

Compared to other precepts, the Rule provides a moderate path between individual zeal and formulaic institutionalism ; because of this middle ground it has been widely popular.

Compared with RS-232, USB is faster, uses lower voltages, and has connectors that are simpler to connect and use.

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 patents, the advantages of trade secrets are that a trade secret is not limited in time ( it " continues indefinitely as long as the secret is not revealed to the public ", whereas a patent is only in force for a specified time, after which others may freely copy the invention ), a trade secret does not imply any registration costs, has an immediate effect, does not require compliance with any formalities, and does not imply any disclosure of the invention to the public.

Compared with a mouse, a trackball has no limits on effective travel ; at times, a mouse can reach an edge of its working area while the operator still wishes to move the screen pointer farther.

Compared to other white wine grapes like Sauvignon blanc, Gewürztraminer and Viognier-Chardonnay has a more subtle and muted nose with no overwhelming aromatics that jump out of the wine glass.

Compared to its Cabernet parent, Malian appears to lack anthocyanins in the subepidermal cells but retains them in the epidermis, whereas Shalistin has no anthocyanins in either layer.

Compared to HMX, CL-20 has 14 % more energy per mass, 20 % more energy per volume, and a higher oxygen-to-fuel ratio.

Compared to the American species, the Wisent has shorter hair on the neck, head and forequarters, but longer tail and horns.

Compared to other members of the Felidae family, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull.

Compared to the end-fire array, this method has less on-axis energy but more even pattern control throughout the audience, and more predictable cancellation rearward.

Compared to contemporary ECL circuits, TTL uses less power and has easier design rules but is substantially slower.

Compared with its darker predecessor, Marathon 2 has often been perceived to be a brighter, more vivid and more atmospheric game.

Compared to atomic absorption techniques, ICP-MS has greater speed, precision, and sensitivity.

Compared to the high income level of most Norwegians, the country can be said to be one of the cheapest in the world ( i. e. the number of hours one has to work to buy goods ).

Compared to Star Wars sole iconic female character, Princess Leia, Zahn said, " Mara has a sharper and more sarcastic manner, and of course, she had to go through the painful realization that her service had been to an evil cause.