noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
striking contrast/similarity/parallel etc
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a striking contrast between wealth and poverty
superficial resemblance/similarity
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Despite their superficial similarities, the two novels are, in fact, very different.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
apparent
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But even in the 1950s there was one apparent similarity between weak and electromagnetic interactions.
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Many apparent similarities became less convincing on closer examination.
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Lastly, we might note the apparent similarity of this exercise to the traditional exercise of precis, the shortening of texts.
basic
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The basic similarity between cells refers not only to their general plan but also to their genetic endowment.
certain
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Also, as we shall see, there are certain similarities in sources in the means of interpretation.
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Since the budgets of all governmental agencies have the same general purpose, certain similarities exist in their forms.
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Work schedules are much misunderstood mainly because of the appearance of lists by cleaning product suppliers which have certain similarities .
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The two men who shared a table in the Occidental Restaurant had certain physical similarities .
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Oakeshott's view of law has certain similarities , but he does not adopt the command theory of law.
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We can see certain similarities between Hayek's approach and the conservative philosophy of Oakeshott.
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None the less there were certain similarities: Glasgow was a District in the massive Strathclyde Region.
close
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But despite their close similarity there is a marked difference in emphasis and tone between the two versions.
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This close similarity indicates a second written source.
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Why then did Goethe claim so vigorously that there was a close similarity between his and Runge's views on colour?
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Their backgrounds held uncomfortably close similarities .
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We may also discern close similarities between Hayek and Oakeshott on law and government.
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It is found to a degree in gorillas but a closer similarity occurs in baboons.
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There are close similarities too in the factors suggested by these investigators as leading to good marriages.
great
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The former can point to the great difference between doubt and unbelief and the latter to the great similarity .
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But although there are great similarities between the entries, they are not identical.
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But this can not, of course, explain the greater similarity in the striping of the rest of the body.
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Nevertheless, one may expect a greater similarity between two geometrically similar points than between two geometrically dissimilar points.
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We believe that our observations suggest a much greater similarity between the behaviour of chimpanzees and humans than has ever been considered.
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The leaks had great similarities with Piper Alpha.
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So great was the similarity that I dared no longer lay upon my back.
remarkable
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However, there is on other occasions a remarkable similarity of techniques, of clothes and of weapons.
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The ratios generated by the capture-recapture method display a remarkable similarity and identical ranking to those obtained by the first two methods.
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There are remarkable similarities between the strengths model of case management, and early casework models.
significant
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The differences are as significant as the similarities .
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However, significant similarities do exist, too.
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At the manifest level of observable facts, the differences may be as significant as the similarities .
striking
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There was a striking similarity between himself and Bull O'Malley.
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And there are some striking similarities .
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There are several striking similarities between the two, as Table 6.2 shows.
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Many basic metabolic pathways show striking similarities throughout the bacterial, plant and animal kingdoms.
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These three movements tackle different phenomena, although there is a striking similarity between the philosophies of the first two.
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This is an example of the striking similarities between karate and taekwondo.
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Curiously, the two cars have striking similarities .
strong
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The interiors of these churches are tall and dark and bear strong similarities to inverted ships.
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There are strong similarities in inter-family and inter-gender relations.
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This is a limiting material for design purposes, so it was inevitable that a strong similarity of form should prevail.
structural
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Clozapine was first synthesized in 1958 as one of over 1900 tricyclic compounds with a structural similarity to imipramine.
superficial
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The superficial similarities might make a lesser man than Mikhail Gorbachev tremble.
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They claim that despite superficial similarities with shamanism, something very different is going on.
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I shall suggest that, although they capture some superficial similarities between the two issues, they are ultimately misleading.
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There were, it was true, any number of superficial similarities .
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The variety underlying the superficial similarity of idiom is enormous, even within the work of a single composer.
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But that is a superficial similarity .
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In such circumstances the superficial similarities between animal behaviour and human behaviour sometimes become very marked.
■ NOUN
end
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Yes, they had similar de Dion rear axle set-ups, but there the similarity ends .
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But there the similarities end , said city officials.
sequence
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Based on their high sequence similarity , it is reasonable also to place parthenogenesis bacteria within this genus.
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The significance of the sequence similarity between our gene and the vaccinia protein is as yet unclear.
■ VERB
based
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The more frequent words are then clustered together based on a similarity metric.
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Children 4 or 5 years old typically proceed by selecting objects to go together based on similarities .
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Words were then categorised based on the similarities of these groups.
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You might attempt to classify countries based on similarities in the way these political structures relate to each other.
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His view is based on similarities he sees in the scales.
bear
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If this was Richard's first experience of war it bore an ironical similarity to his last.
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They say the cases bear no similarity .
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The interiors of these churches are tall and dark and bear strong similarities to inverted ships.
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In fact, of course, much of this material bore only a tenuous similarity to its genuinely customary counterparts.
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This description bears marked similarities to those offered by a number of eminent sociologists who adopt the trait approach.
explain
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It seemed impossible to explain the similarities by similar learning experiences.
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But this can not, of course, explain the greater similarity in the striping of the rest of the body.
find
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Economists are more concerned to find similarities among firms than to explain the differences.
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Encourage the students to find similarities between their noisemakers and the instruments.
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They found marked points of similarity .
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Anyone trying to understand something will naturally compare it with other things to find similarities and differences.
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The primatologist Barbara Smuts has found similarities between the sexually aggressive behaviour of male apes and men.
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Nevertheless, analyses of media coverage of disorder have consistently found more similarities than differences in media coverage.
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Here, far from finding differences, we find crucial similarities .
note
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One might also want to note similarities in relationship.
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Readers will have noted the similarity of these efforts to those of an excellent library media program.
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Lastly, we might note the apparent similarity of this exercise to the traditional exercise of precis, the shortening of texts.
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Also, strangely, he noted there was a similarity in the faces of the aunt and niece.
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And several more to note any similarity in pattern between the Yorkshire self-made businessman and myself.
notice
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This will provide opportunity to notice similarities and differences.
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He also noticed similarities between the banter he made up for between-songs breaks.
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Some people have noticed their similarity to material distributed by Mr Round.
see
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Lady Irwin, though a Viscountess, sees similarities between the wasted potential of women and that of the poor.
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Of course, every child is unique, and you may see only a few similarities .
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If you work on enough cells-from different species, both normal and cancerous-you see the similarities .
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We can see certain similarities between Hayek's approach and the conservative philosophy of Oakeshott.
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Here we see some similarity , though remote, with the motivations of Palmer and Jones.
share
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One can see that the task of interpreting will share similarities in its processes nomatterwhich languages are being used.
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While the stories are not alike in content, they share four fundamental similarities .
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In San Diego, all three devices, which shared some similarities , were pipe bombs delivered by mail.
show
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Despite the contrast in their biological functions, these cells show similarities in their phospholipid orientation.
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The methods taught in the 1983 manual and those used by Battalion 316 in the early 1980s show unmistakable similarities .
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A quick comparison showed enough similarities to other herpes viruses to determine that it was part of that viral family.
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These two extracts show some similarities .
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To show similarity and difference in historical information.
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Chlamydial infection was thus shown to have similarities to gonorrhoea in this respect.
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The revenues collected and the perquisites enjoyed by the wardens of the various royal forests show a general similarity .
strike
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I was struck by the similarity in flavour between Floyd's remark and one of Carroll's verses.
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What is striking are the similarities .
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Cowan was struck by the similarity between these patterns and those seen in the fluid convection under certain conditions.
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The result was a drawing that has some striking similarities to confessed killer Richard Allen Davis.
suggest
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We believe that our observations suggest a much greater similarity between the behaviour of chimpanzees and humans than has ever been considered.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For generations, scientists and science-fiction writers talked about the similarity of Mars to Earth.
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Kraut's study looked at the similarities and differences among managerial jobs.
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The author notes the similarity between Western and Chinese principles and sees them as having a common basis in science.
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The book classifies cheeses by similarities in flavour, rather than by ingredients.
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There is one important similarity between the two political systems.
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We were able to tell the date of the statue because of its similarity with other statues of that period.
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When comparing cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A relationship of similarity rather than identity between Zeus and the cosmos is found.
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Apart from these similarities they could not be more different.
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Between these two mosaics, however, there are few obvious similarities of motif.
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Here, however, all similarity between the piece Lucien was familiar with and what he saw being performed before him ended.
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However hard modern choreographers may try there are bound to be similarities to older ballets because their vocabulary is not limitless.
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In Repertory Grid the notion of similarity and contrast, indeed the whole idea of making connections, is paramount.
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Objects are assimilated to similarities between individual pairs of objects only.
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We are misled by that similarity into thinking there is no difference.