Collocations for equate - verb

directly
The constellations in the night sky cannot be directly equated with the heroes of Greek mythology.

roughly
simply
automatically
often
Education is often equated with intelligence.

not necessarily
Invention and progress do not necessarily equate with improvement.

mistakenly

can
Money cannot be equated with happiness.

be difficult to, be hard to
It's hard to equate this gentle woman with the monster portrayed in the newspapers.

with
We are taught to equate beauty with success.