List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 224

SYNONYMS: likeness, similarity, similitude, resemblance, analogy, affinity.
These nouns denote agreement or conformity, as in character, nature, or appearance between persons or things.

Likeness implies close agreement: There is a devil haunts thee in the likeness of a fat old man. It was your uncanny likeness to my sister that made me stare at you.
Similarity and similitude suggest agreement only in some respects or to some degree: They were drawn to each other by similarity of interests. A similitude between the brother and sister now first arrested my attention.
Resemblance refers to similarity in appearance or in external or superficial details: The child bore a remarkable resemblance to her grandfather.
Analogy is similarity, as of properties or functions, between unlike things that are otherwise not comparable: The operation of a computer presents an interesting analogy to the working of the human brain.
Affinity is likeness deriving from kinship or from the possession of shared or compatible properties, characteristics, or sympathies: There is a discernible stylistic affinity between the compositions of Brahms and those of Dvo--ák.