('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]
(..) "Just quit. Go back home," I told him. But he said for some reason he had no home to return to. Once Yubaba got control over him... his face turned pale and his eyes turned steely. He's never been the same. Kamajii, what if I take the gold seal back to Zeniba? I could give back the seal (..)2001 Spirited Away