How to check if two jQuery selectors have selected the same element

Question

Is there a way for me to progamatically determine if two jQuery selectors have selected the same exact element? I am trying to loop over a set of divs and skip one of them. What I would like is something like this:

var $rows, $row, $row_to_skip;
$rows = $('.row-class')
$row_to_skip = $('#skipped_row')

$.each($rows, function (id, row) {
        $row = $(row);
        if (!$row == $row_to_skip) {
            // Do some stuff here.
        };
    });

Answer 1

You can pass jQuery objects into .not():

$rows.not($row_to_skip).each(function() {
    ...
});

Answer 2

You can use .is()

if (!$row.is($row_to_skip)) {
            // Do some stuff here.
   };