compare vs similitude

compare and similitude both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
compare	Yes	No	Yes	No
similitude	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, similitude is a hypernym of compare; that is, similitude is a word with a broader meaning than compare:

compare: qualities that are comparable
similitude: similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things

Other hypernyms of compare include alikeness, likeness.

compare (noun)	similitude (noun)
qualities that are comparable	a duplicate copy
	similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things

compare (verb)	similitude (verb)
examine and note the similarities or differences of
consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
be comparable