('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]
(..) Then I must choose the smaller sin. Vronsky has robbed me of my cloak and I will give him my coat. No, I... My darling. My darling. You look so pale. Oh, my darling. We'll go south to the sea air and sunshine. Is it all right? Sit down a minute. I want to see everything. A moment. (..)2012 Anna Karenina