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Easy as ABC Topics

Compare and Contrast Essay Topics: Easy as ABC
As a kind of warm-up, try to find differences and similarities in the following: 1.Talking to friends and texting them

2.Winter holidays and summer holidays

3.Photos and paintings

4.Email and pigeon post

5.Fruits and vegetables

6.Social media and face-to-face communication

7.Childhood vs adulthood

8.Cash and credit cards

9.Books and movies

10.Cats and dogs

Topics for Beginners

Compare and Contrast Essay Topics for Beginners

11.Handwriting and typing

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12.Animals in the zoos and animals in the wild

13.Driving a car and using public transport

14.Using Uber and taking a cab

15.Traveling with friends and traveling solo

16.Homeschooling and attending a public school

17.Physical beauty vs inner beauty

18.Coffee and energy drinks

19.Facebook and Twitter

20.Studying in high school and attending college

21.Paper bags and plastic packaging

22.Giving presents and receiving presents

Natural Sciences Essay Topics

Compare and Contrast Essay Topics: Natural Sciences
23.Mountains and volcanoes

24.Apples and tomatoes

25.Ants and bees

26.Nuclear power vs solar power

27.Rainbows and lightning

28.Frogs and toads

29.Gasoline and biodiesel

30.Melons and citrus fruit

31.Volcanoes and earthquakes

32.Tornadoes and blizzards

33.Sugar and salt

Humanities and Social Studies Essay Topics

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Comparison and Contrast Essay Topics: Humanities and Social
Studies
34.Revolution and evolution

35.Christopher Columbus and the first astronauts

36.Anorexia and obesity

37.A sentence and a phrase

38.Online education and traditional education

39.Greek vs Roman mythology

40.Protestantism and Catholicism

41.Socialism and capitalism

42.Poetry and prose

43.Inventions and discoveries

44.Sci-fi and fantasy

Essay Topics About People

Compare and Contrast Essay Topics: People

45.Justin Bieber and John Lennon

46.Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks

47.Leonardo Da Vinci and Steve Jobs

48.William Shakespeare and Petrarch

49.Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

50.Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin

51.Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin

52.Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth I

53.Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela

54.Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois

55.Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

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56.George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush

57.Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley

58.Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

59.Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus

60.Mother Teresa and Angelina Jolie

Popular Culture Essay Topics

Compare/Contrast Essay Topics: Popular Culture

61.Graffiti and Black Square by Kazimir Malevich

62.Twitter and newspapers

63.OkCupid and Tinder

64.Reality TV shows and YouTube videos

65.Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings

66.The Hunger Games and Divergent

67.Modern dancing and classical or ballroom dancing

68.TV shows and comic books

69.Rap and hip-hop

70.The Twilight saga and Dracula

71.Star Trek and Star Wars

72.Facebook comments and class discussion

History Essay Topics

Comparison Essay Topics: History
73.The Roman Empire and the British Empire

74.The Soviet Union and communist China

75.World War I and World War II

76.The American North and South during the Civil War

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77.Slavery and indentured servitude

78.The Salem witch trials and McCarthyism

79.The civil rights movement and the womens suffrage movement

80.The assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln

81.The ideas of Karl Marx and Soviet communism

82.The French Revolution and the Russian Revolution

83.The Vietnam War and the Iraq War

84.The Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide

85.The League of Nations and the United Nations

86.The Arab Spring and the Prague Spring

More Topic Ideas

Ideas for Compare and Contrast Essays: Uncategorized
87.Marriage and civil unions

88.The influence of parents and the influence of peers

89.Texting while driving and skydiving

90.Learning Chinese and learning Latin

91.Going to the movies and watching Netflix

92.Being boring and being bored

93.Windows and Linux

94.Public schools and charter schools

95.Your current car and your dream car

96.Owning property and renting it

97.Reading and listening to audiobooks

98.Speed dating and speed networking

99.Teenagers and toddlers

100.Studying all night and partying all night

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Fun Essay Topics
Compare and Contrast Essay Topics: Just for Fun
101.Love and friendship

102.Apple and Samsung

103.Coffee and performance-enhancing drugs

104.Morse code and Beethovens Fifth Symphony

105.The moon walk and Gangnam style

106.Soccer and American football

107.McDonalds and Taco Bell

108.Exercising and dieting

109.Xbox and PlayStation

110.Being single and being in a relationship

111.Growing a tree and raising a child

Essay Topics for High School Students

Compare and Contrast Essay Topics for High School Students:
112.Your childhood friend and your high school friend

113.Softball and baseball

114.Classes and extracurricular activities

115.School choir and school band

116.In-class activities and homework

117.Digital textbooks and hard copies

118.Comedy and drama

119.Being an only child and having siblings

120.Friends and family

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121.Volleyball and basketball

122.Spring and fall

Essay Topics for College Students

Compare and Contrast Essay Topics for College Students:
123.Going to grad school and working

124.Recycling and using a landfill

125.Living with parents and living alone

126.Study abroad and study at home

127.Following tradition and modernizing

128.Student clubs and Greek life on campus

129.Research papers and theses and dissertations

130.Early morning classes and evening classes

131.Writing and editing

132.Fiction and non-fiction

133.Memorizing material and understanding it

134.Citing sources and plagiarizing from them

135.Living in a dorm and living off campus