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Can に対して be replaced with に比べて sometimes?

For comparing things. Taishite seems to have other comparison uses that are
more specific but kurabete seems more flexible for general comparison use?
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Can に対して be replaced with に比べて sometimes?
Prescriptively speaking, no, but descriptively speaking, yes. It happens
**informally/colloquially and in certain contexts**.

So, in what contexts? That is when 「～～に対{たい}して」 is used to describe a
_**contrast**_ between two (or more) facts/things. When it means " _
**towards**_ ", however, it could never be replaced by 「～～に比{くら}べて」.

Examples:

You would see/hear:

> 「日本人男性{にほんじんだんせい}の平均靴{へいきんくつ}サイズが25センチであるの **に比べて** 、オランダ人男性のそれは29センチである。」
>
> "The average shoe size for Japanese men is 25cm. In contrast with that, that
> for Dutch men is 29cm."

Grammarians might prefer seeing/hearing 「に対して」 there instead, but who speaks
to please grammarians in his daily conversations?

You would _**not**_ see/hear:

> 「あの先生{せんせい}は学生{がくせい} **に比べて** とても厳{きび}しい。」
>
> "That teacher is very strict with his students."

That sentence is just out of the question. You must use 「に対して」 there.
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