STO vs WoW, by category

Development
STO is almost 19 hours into the release.
WOW is approximately 5 years and 2 months into the release.

Gameplay
Both are games that fall under the MMO genre.
Both follow some of the more common RPG paradigms in some way (skill development, currency, equipment, etc.)

Story
Both derive from well-developed fictional settings with a large fanbase.

Title Abbreviation
Both contain a single -O.
WoW contains two -W's, the number of -S's and -T's STO has combined.


Testing shows further comparisons increasingly subjective or otherwise meaningless.