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Substitutability vs Similarity - What's the difference?

substitutability | similarity |

As nouns the difference between substitutability and similarity

is that substitutability is the quality of being substitutable; the capacity to be substituted while similarity is closeness of appearance to something else.

substitutability

English

Noun

(substitutabilities)
  • the quality of being substitutable; the capacity to be substituted.
  • 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