similarity

Converse of object

• bear: The desert world portrayed in Critical Mass bears a remarkable similarity to Frank Herbert's Dune.
• emphasize: He said his personal mission is " to emphasize the similarity between two peoples who lived in perfect harmony for hundreds of years.
• emphasize: Pat Hudson emphasizes the similarities between quantitative and qualitative approaches and their joint value in reconstructing the past.
• reveal: Direct comparison reveals remarkable similarity of experience for these young women.
• explore: The event will also explore the remarkable similarities between housing regeneration in the cities of Glasgow and Chicago.
• recognize: By recognizing the similarities between people you will be are able to appreciate ethnic diversity.

Converse of subject

strike: Standing before you today, I am struck by the similarities between Britain and Japan.

Preposition: between

sequence: In each case, there is great interest in the degree of similarity between sequences obtained from different groups of individuals.

Adjective modifier

• striking: There are pictures showing the striking similarity of the two.
• superficial: This is a tricky one, not helped by superficial similarities between names.
• uncanny: Take a look at the images of Ted for yourself and see the uncanny similarities.
• remarkable: There is a remarkable similarity in the results emerging from both surveys.
• stylistic: While there are many stylistic similarities from country to country not all followed the same pattern of, say, the UK or USA.
• structural: Some more recent discussions of structural similarity may be found equally enlightening.

Modifies a noun

• matrix: Hartigan, J. A. ( 1967 ) Representation of similarity matrices by trees.
• score: A peak average protein sequence similarity of 80 % was seen at a Tanimoto similarity score of 0.9.
• search: Similarly, the results of textual searches can usefully be strengthened by sequence similarity searches.
• measure: Euclidean distance, and their proposed Fuzzy Feature Contrast similarity measure are compared.

Noun used with modifier

sequence: At the lower levels each family of proteins contains members with high sequence similarity.

Preposition: in

appearance: A major feature of Loch Duart salmon is the strong similarity in appearance and structure to wild salmon.