Similarity vs Distinguishment - What's the difference?
similarity | distinguishment | Antonyms |
Closeness of appearance to something else.
(philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
A distinction; observation of difference.
* 1865 , John Grote, Exploratio philosophica: rough notes on modern intellectual science, Part 1 , University of Cambridge, page
*:"We notice what we notice and make it a thing'' distinguishing it from what else is within our view, ''partly'' because, doubtless, it is of such or such a size and shape: but we require more impulse to the notice and distinguishment than ''this furnishes."
* 1833 ; Samuel Lewis Southard, Joseph Hendrickson, Thomas L. Shotwell, Edward Hopper; Argument of Samuel L. Southard: in the case of Stacy Decow and Joseph Hendrickson versus Thomas L. Shotwell , page
*:"And first, in your doctrines of God, whom you say is to be known and believed on, as in the distinguishment of three persons...
Similarity is an antonym of distinguishment.
As nouns the difference between similarity and distinguishment
is that similarity is closeness of appearance to something else while distinguishment is a distinction; observation of difference.similarity
English
Noun
(similarities)- Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. — Sir W. Hamilton.
Synonyms
* resemblanceSee also
* similitude * likeness * alikenessdistinguishment
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Noun
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