98 Interesting Comparison Images That Will Give You A New Perspective (New Pics)

Perspective changes everything. Take a particular object, put it in a specific time and place, and you see how it differs compared with an almost identical one. And since such an experiment would probably be slightly too elaborate for real life, Bored Panda has compiled this entertaining collection of the most surprising comparisons.

From comparing a chimpanzee fingertip with a human fingertip to photos of a man before and after walking across China for the whole year, these are side-by-side shots that show the weird and the wonderful side of the world we live in. So pull your chair closer, get your popcorn ready and tune in for the list that puts a spin on the good old “spot the difference” game.

After you’re done, make sure to check out our previous posts with incredible comparisons here, here, and here.

#1 Anime vs. Reality

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#2 From 2.5 Months To Nearly 2 Years

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#3 6 Years Ago Today I Had A Surgery To Straighten Up My Spine, This Is The Before/After Result. I Gained 5cm With The Process

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#4 Canadian Passport vs. Canadian Passport Under A Black Light

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#5 First Day Of Chemo vs. Last

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#6 Lost 200 Pounds In A Year. 360 Lbs vs. 160 Lbs

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#7 The Weather In The Netherlands Today

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#8 Me And My Dad. 1982 And 2021. Both Age 20, 39 Years Apart

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#9 Example Of Class Disparity In South Africa

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#10 On The Left Is My Grandmother Holding My Dad And The Right Is Me Holding My Son, Taken Exactly 63 Years Apart

Genetics is so cool, my parents always told me I looked like my dad's mom but I never got to meet her before she passed away. 

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#11 Head Size Difference Between A Man And An Adult Cane Corso

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#12 Before And After Of A Man Who Walked Across China For A Year

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#13 Same Waterfall, 3 Seasons. Skógafoss, Iceland

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#14 This Comically Huge Strawberry That I Purchased From The Grocery Store Today vs. Hand

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#15 Before And After Of My 8-Year Project (1972 Datsun 240z Restomod)

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#16 Never Thought I’d Be Able To Use My Hand Again. Shout Out To The Surgeon And Therapist

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#17 My 16-Years-Old vs. 24-Years-Old SFX Makeup Growth

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#18 Age 12 vs. 16 - My Drawing Progress

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#19 This Is What 6 Years Of Practice Looks Like - My Art In 2015 vs. 2021

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#20 This 'Mini' Evolution I Saw In London

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#21 Becoming Mothers Together

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#22 Chimpanzee Fingertip vs. Human Fingertip

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#23 Lara Croft Progression - 1996 To 2018

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#24 How Titanium Gets Color With Different Voltages

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#25 Tiny Cute Rabbit Compared To A Palm

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#26 8 Weeks vs. 8 Months

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#27 Chichen Itza When It Was Discovered In 1892 vs. Present-Day

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#28 Different Size Of 1oz Bars Of Pure Metals: Aluminum, Titanium, Copper, Nickel, Silver, Gold

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#29 This Weird Lemon That Grew On Our Lemon Tree. Normal Lemon For Comparison

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#30 I Just Want A Bigger Pocket Please, Is That Too Much To Ask For? Sincerely, Women Everywhere

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#31 Left - 1980 Toyota Pickup. 40 Years Later A Toyota Pickup. Both 1/2 Ton Trucks

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#32 The Same Color Liquid In Different Colored Buckets Makes For An Interesting Comparison

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#33 Perspective Size Of The Humpback Whale

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#34 This Cicada On My Cicada Tattoo

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#35 This Guinea Pig Is An Absolute Unit Compared To A Human

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#36 Before And After Being Told She's A Good Girl

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#37 The Size Of A Fiber Optic Wire Capable Of Supplying A Home With High Speed Internet. Hand For Scale

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#38 Adorable Meetings

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#39 I Inherited This Small Gap Between My Middle And Ring Finger From My Dad. Both Hands Are Like This

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#40 New vs. Used Electrodes For My Pool Ionizer

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#41 Yesterday I Took My Grandmother On Her First Bike Ride In 59 Years, I Need A New Word For Awesome

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#42 Hummingbird Eggs And Nest. Key For Scale

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#43 All The Weathers

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#44 1930’s Parquet Flooring Restored Today. Before And After Comparison

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#45 My Parents Have The Evolution Of Cellphones In Their Kitchen Drawer

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#46 I’ve Finally Recreated It

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#47 Biggest Pizza That Can Be Ordered In US

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#48 Me And My Girlfriend When We First Met vs. Now. The Regretful Emo Phase

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#49 This Rat Sized Moth Found In A School Construction Site In Australia

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#50 You Can See The Evolution Of My Knitting Skills On My First Ever Project

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#51 My Sister: "You Can Do The Half-Marathon With Me! Trust Me, It's Not That Bad." My Sister vs. Me

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#52 My First-Ever House Plant Just Turned 5

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#53 The Difference In Me And My Twin's Skin Color. He Goes Outside, I Don't

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#54 In Old Euro Coins The Borders Of Countries Were Drawn. Not Anymore. (The Left One Is From 2009, The Right One From 1999)

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#55 This Is What 5oz (Standard Wine Glass Size) Looks Like In Different Wine Glasses

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#56 Before And After I Asked Her If She Knew How Cute She Was

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#57 We Ordered A Pound Of Carrots. We Got A Pound Of Carrot. Bottle For Scale

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#58 Both Of My Lights Burnt Out - One Turned White While The Other Turned Black

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#59 1st Picture Was The Peak Of My Depression. 2nd Is A Recent One After Almost An Year Of Medication And Self Care

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#60 Minazo, The Southern Elephant Seal, Standing Next To A Human Makes Him Look Very Tiny

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#61 My Flatmate And I Took Nearly The Same Photo Walking Home At Different Times

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#62 Cheers To 2 Years Of Health! 100 Lbs Lost And Maintained For A Year

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#63 I Bought My First Bike One Year Ago Today

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#64 A New Pair Of Shoes Wasn't In The Budget But A Black Sharpie Was (Left- Sharpie, Right- Sun Faded Black)

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#65 Unintentionally Left Beets To Over Winter In The Garden. Chicken For Scale

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#66 Night Of A Perfect Contrasts

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#67 Difference In Drinking Pace

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#68 A Street Lamp Fell Over Into The Snow Outside My Apartment. Turns Out They’re Massive - My Hand For Scale

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#69 I've Been Documenting The Natural Decay In This Small Abandoned Church Since 2012

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#70 I Found A Bunch Of Rocks On A Beach And Organized Them By Color

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#71 Bald Eagles Are Huge Compared To A Human

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#72 1st Picture Was The Peak Of My Opiate Addiction. 2nd Is A Recent Of One Of Me Healthy And Sober

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#73 Before And After Of My DIY Driveway. I Made The Paving Stones And The Driveway

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#74 Real vs. Fake $50 We Recieved At Work The Other Day

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#75 Giant Blueberry Compared To A Coin

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#76 My Mom’s Handwriting Before And After Her Stroke

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#77 The Contrast Of This Metro Station In Istanbul

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#78 Same Size, Climbing vs. Hiking Shoes

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#79 Size Of Orangutan Compared To A Human

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#80 Large Worm We Saw This Morning (6-Year-Old's Hand For Scale)

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#81 Bottom Of An Unearthed Tree After A Storm, I Am 6’4 For Reference

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#82 9-Month-Old Maine Coon vs. 9-Year-Old Niece

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#83 These Old Pre-Soviet Banknotes. Hand For Scale

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#84 Two Cans Of The Same Tomato Soup From The Same Store. One A Product Of Canada, The Other A Product Of USA

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#85 Airsoft Gun (Left) vs. Real Gun (Right)

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#86 The Sheer Number Of Colors That My Carrots Came In

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#87 I Shaved My Beard

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#88 The Size Of This Carrot. Cat For Scale

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#89 I Took A Photo From The Same Spot In All 4 Seasons

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#90 A Mega-Sized Lemon From My Lemon Tree. Mandarin Orange For Scale

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#91 All The Different Flavors Of Sunset I Get Out My Apartment Window

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#92 Huge Xanadu I Spotted While Walking In Rome (Italy). Lady Who Takes Care Of It For Scale. The Plant Is More Than 20 Years Old, Survived Freezing Temperatures And Snow

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#93 My Cat Looks Kinda Like An Owl

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#94 My House, Late 1800's vs. Today

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#95 One Of My Chickens Laid A Spherical Egg. Normal Egg For Comparison

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#96 Mom Cleaned Out Her Pantry Cabinet And Found Four Generations Of Wyler’s Beef Cubes. Oldest One Expired 2/14/1989

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#97 My Husband And I Bought The Exact Same Shoes, And Mine Are Small Enough To Fit All The Way Inside His

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#98 My Parents Got This Spray Bottle Of Windex In 1979 And Have Been Reusing It Ever Since. New Bottle For Comparison

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