Similar vs Being - What's the difference?
similar | being |
Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
*
*:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= (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 operations of rotation, translation and scaling.
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
(homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease
A living creature.
The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
* Shakespeare
(philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
(philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
(obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
* Steele
(obsolete) Given that; since.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
As nouns the difference between similar and being
is that similar is that which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc while being is a living creature.As an adjective similar
is having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.As a verb being is
present participle of lang=en.As a conjunction being is
given that; since.similar
English
(wikipedia similar)Adjective
(en adjective)Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
Synonyms
* (with common characteristics) akin, alike, comparable, identical, same, twinAntonyms
* (alike) different, unlikeNoun
(en noun)External links
* * 1000 English basic words ----being
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
- (Wright)
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Derived terms
* beingdom * beingful * beinghood * beingless * beingness * (noun ) human beingConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].