Similar vs. Familiarity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Similar and Familiarity
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Similar
Having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical
Northern India and similar areas
A soft cheese similar to Brie
Familiarity
Acquaintance with or knowledge of something
I have little familiarity with that software program.
Similar
A person or thing similar to another
He was one of those whose similar you never meet
Familiarity
The quality of being known from past experience
The familiarity of the buildings made us realize that we must be near the hotel.
Similar
A substance that produces effects resembling the symptoms of particular diseases (the basis of homeopathic treatment)
The principle of treatment by similars
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Familiarity
Established friendship or intimacy
Cooperation that came easily because of the partners' familiarity.
Similar
Having a resemblance in appearance or nature; alike though not identical.
Familiarity
Improper or unduly intimate friendliness; forwardness
Found the familiarity of the sales clerk offensive.
Similar
(Mathematics) Having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. Used of geometric figures
Similar triangles.
Familiarity
An act characterized by forwardness.
Similar
Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
My new car is similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.
Familiarity
The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.
Similar
(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.
Familiarity
Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence.
Similar
Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
Familiarity
An instance of familiar behaviour.
Similar
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Familiarity
Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.
Similar
(homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
Familiarity
The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.
Similar
Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
Familiarity
Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.
Similar
Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
Familiarity
Personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Similar
Homogenous; uniform.
Familiarity
Usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
Similar
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Familiarity
Close or warm friendship;
The absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
Similar
Marked by correspondence or resemblance;
Similar food at similar prices
Problems similar to mine
They wore similar coats
Familiarity
A casual manner
Similar
Having the same or similar characteristics;
All politicians are alike
They looked utterly alike
Friends are generaly alike in background and taste
Familiarity
An act of undue intimacy
Similar
Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination;
Suits of like design
A limited circle of like minds
Members of the cat family have like dispositions
As like as two peas in a pod
Doglike devotion
A dreamlike quality
Similar
(of words) expressing closely related meanings
Similar
Capable of replacing or changing places with something else;
Interchangeable parts
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