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Sexlike vs Setlike - What's the difference?

sexlike | setlike |

As adjectives the difference between sexlike and setlike

is that sexlike is resembling sex or some aspect of it while setlike is resembling or characteristic of a theatrical set.

sexlike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling sex or some aspect of it.
  • * 1993 , Robert Wesson, Beyond natural selection
    • Some bacteria occasionally have a sexlike process, or conjugation...

    setlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a theatrical set.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 29, author=Carol Vogel, title=A Biennial Bustin’ Out of the Whitney, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Matthew Brannon will record the sounds of the Armory at night and use them in a haunted house film; at the museum he is installing a setlike room in which heavy drapes surround a painted window looking out at a panorama of the New York City skyline, with everything somewhat off kilter. }}
  • (mathematics) Resembling or characteristic of a mathematical set.