resemblance

Resemblance is being kind of like something else, or similar in appearance to something.

(noun)

When two people look kind of alike in certain ways, this is an example of a resemblance.

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See resemblance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the state, fact, or quality of resembling; similarity of appearance, or, sometimes, of character; likeness
  2. a point, degree, or sort of likeness
  3. something that resembles; likeness or semblance (of someone or something)
  4. Obsolete characteristic appearance
  5. Obsolete likelihood; probability

Origin: ME < Anglo-Fr

See resemblance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The state or quality of resembling, especially similarity in appearance or in external or superficial details. See Synonyms at likeness.
  2. Something that resembles another; a likeness or semblance.

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