Likable vs Alike - What's the difference?
likable | alike |
Capable of being liked.
(of a person) Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable.
Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
As adjectives the difference between likable and alike
is that likable is capable of being liked while alike is having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.As an adverb alike is
in the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.likable
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Alternative forms
* likeableAdjective
(en adjective)- I suppose he's likable ; why shouldn't he be?
- She's a naturally likable person, with lots of friends.
Antonyms
* unlikablealike
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Alternative forms
* yliche (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The twins were alike .