Usually means: Comparing fundamentally different, unrelated things.
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  1. apples to oranges: Dictionary.com
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  1. apples to oranges: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Apples to oranges)

noun:  Alternative form of apples and oranges [(idiomatic) A comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.]

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