Akin vs. Similar — What's the Difference?

Of the same kin; related by blood.

Having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical

Having a similar quality or character; analogous.

A person or thing similar to another

(Linguistics) Sharing a common origin or an ancestral form.

A substance that produces effects resembling the symptoms of particular diseases (the basis of homeopathic treatment)

(of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.

Having a resemblance in appearance or nature; alike though not identical.

Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

(Mathematics) Having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. Used of geometric figures

Of the same kin; related by blood; - used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.

Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

(mathematics) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of rotations, translations and scalings.

Similar or related in quality or character;

Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.

Related by blood

That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

(homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.

Homogenous; uniform.

That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

Marked by correspondence or resemblance;

Having the same or similar characteristics;

Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination;

(of words) expressing closely related meanings

Capable of replacing or changing places with something else;