(similarities)
1.
If there is a ~ between two or more things, they are similar to each other.
The astonishing ~ between my brother and my first-born son...
She is also 25 and a native of Birmingham, but the ~ ends there.
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2.
Similarities are features that things have which make them similar to each other.
There were significant similarities between mother and son...
? difference
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