mindmap root((相似)) likeness implies a close correspondence: a remarkable ~ to his late father. similarity often implies that things are merely somewhat alike: some ~ between the two cases. resemblance implies similarity chiefly in appearance or in external or superficial qualities: statements that bear no ~ to the truth. similitude applies chiefly when the abstract idea of likeness is under consideration: the ~ of environments was rigidly maintained. analogy implies comparison of things that are basically unlike and is more apt to draw attention to likeness or parallelism in relations rather than in appearance or qualities: pointed out the ~ies to past situations. affinity suggests a cause such as kinship or sympathetic experience or historical influence in common that is responsible for the similarity: a writer with a striking ~ for American Indian culture.