How to compare String and Symbol in Javascript?

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I've a String and a Symbol defined in Javascript with same value Hello, Stack Overflow!. How do I compare them for equality? All the comparisons I've tried below return false.

var string="Hello, Stack Overflow!";
var symbol=Symbol("Hello, Stack Overflow!");

console.log(string == symbol);
console.log(string == symbol.toPrimitive);
console.log(string == symbol.toString);
console.log(string == symbol.toStringTag);
console.log(string === symbol);
console.log(string === symbol.toPrimitive);
console.log(string === symbol.toString);
console.log(string === symbol.toStringTag);

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