('chiefly Brit') Your financial debt 'pales into insignificance' [=seems much smaller] when you compare it with mine.
The afternoon meal 'paled in comparison to/with' [=was not nearly as good as] the feast they had later.
Once you've tasted the local apples, all others 'pale by comparison'. [=all others seem less good]
(..) What are your parents' names? No parents. You have very delicate hands for a construction worker. I'm not a construction worker. Very pale hands. Let me see. SETH: Why did you do that? MAGGIE: Let me see your hand. No. MAGGIE: What's your last name? (..)1998 City of Angels