Compare two dictionaries in Python

def compare_dict(x, y):
    shared_items = {k: x[k] for k in x if k in y and x[k] == y[k]}
    differing_values = {k: x[k] for k in x if k in y and x[k] != y[k]}
    differing_keys = [k for k in x if k not in y]

    return {
        "shared_items_in_x": shared_items,
        "differing_values_in_x": differing_values,
        "differing_keys_in_x": differing_keys
    }

def is_dict_in_list(d, l):
    rtn = False
    for k in l:
        cd = compare_dict(d, k)
        if(len(cd['differing_values_in_x']) == 0 and len(cd['differing_keys_in_x']) == 0):
            rtn = True
            break
    return rtn

def purify_list_of_dicts(inlist):
    nlist = [i for j in inlist for i in j]
   
    olist = []

    for i in range(0, len(nlist)):
        if is_dict_in_list(nlist[i], olist) == False:
            olist.append(nlist[i])

    return olist

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