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Compliance vs Similarity - What's the difference?

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Compliance is a related term of similarity.


As nouns the difference between compliance and similarity

is that compliance is an act of complying while similarity is closeness of appearance to something else.

compliance

English

Noun

  • An act of complying.
  • (uncountable) The state of being compliant.
  • (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
  • A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
  • (medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
  • (uncountable, business) the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with
  • Antonyms

    *(act of complying) violation

    similarity

    English

    Noun

    (similarities)
  • Closeness of appearance to something else.
  • (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
  • Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. — Sir W. Hamilton.

    Synonyms

    * resemblance

    See also

    * similitude * likeness * alikeness