similarity

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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similar (ˈsɪmɪlə)

—*adj*
1.	showing resemblance in qualities, characteristics, or appearance; alike but not identical
2.	geometry Compare congruent (of two or more figures) having corresponding angles equal and all corresponding sides in the same ratio
3.	maths (of two classes) equinumerous

[C17: from Old French similaire, from Latin similis]

usage As should not be used after similar: Wilson held a similar position to Jones (not a similar position as Jones); the system is similar to the one in France (not similar as the one in France)

similarity

—n

'similarly

—*adv*

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Example sentences

Another similarity is that virtually all the population growth is in suburbs

and small towns on the metropolitan fringe.

Note the similarity with almost all macroeconomic hypotheses.

IT seldom has adequate resources and the cultures lack adequate similarity.

The big similarity is that both sites are built by the people who use them.

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Matching Quote

"A few days ago, while seated snugly in an airplane seat on my way back to New York from Chicago,... it occurred to me that a rather striking similarity existed between the situation I found myself in then, flying in a modern airplane, and what I've often felt as I watch television. To begin with, both experiences are largely passive, or at any rate they have been transformed into passive experiences. But this shared passivity is itself more complicated than it seems, for though it produces in both cases an obvious condition of quiet and inactivity, it also demands from the passenger or viewer a very definite emotional commitment. One might call it a commitment to specifically nonaggressive and uninvolved behavior."

-Michael J. Arlen