compare既有比喻又有比较的意思，怎么区分？

不是的 教你一个简单记忆法 简单记忆为:玉兔==喻to
(即表示 表示比喻 打比方 一般用 compare ... to...)

1.毛泽东把年轻人比作七八点钟的太阳，表达了最轻人的深深地期望。
Comparing the youth to the rising sun at 8 or 9 o'clock a.m. ,Mao Zedong expressed his great hope for the young men

2.诗人在他诗歌中把他的情人比作玫瑰花。

The poet compares his lover to a rose in his poems.

vt.
1. 比较,对照[(+with/to)]
Compared with him, I am a bungler.
与他相比,我只能算是一个笨拙的人。
Compare this with that, and you will see which is better.
将这个与那个比较一下,你就会知道哪个比较好了。
2. 比喻为,比作[(+to/with)]
vi.
1. (可与...)相比,匹敌[(+with)]
n.
1. (常用于惯用语)比较[U]
This view is beyond compare.
这景色无与伦比。

compare一般有两种用法
1.compare sb./sth. with sb./sth.把……和……做比较，
2.compare sb./sth. to sb./sth.把……比作……，
例1：My mother always compares me with my sister.
例2：We always compare teachers to candles.