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Similarity vs Simulacrum - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between similarity and simulacrum

is that similarity is closeness of appearance to something else while simulacrum is an or representation.

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

    Related terms

    * similar

    See also

    * similitude * likeness * alikeness

    simulacrum

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia simulacrum)
  • An image or representation.
    • a simulacrum of a New York studio apartment
  • A faint trace or semblance.
    • a simulacrum of hope