-like
Similar to and -like are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Similar to" instead a preposition phrase "-like".
Similar to
-like and similar to are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "-like" with "Similar to", this phrases are similar.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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In one of the Med Ship stories, the author notes that though non-Terrestrial ecologies are rarely strongly similar to Earth, they tend to be broadly similar, with grass-like plants, tree-like plants, pollinating flying creatures, prey species, predator species, scavengers of various sorts, etc.
Source: All Planets Are Earth-Like -
In Jak 3: Wastelander, Light Eco gives Jak glowing tentacle-like wings similar to the angels of the Diablo series.
Source: Power Gives You Wings -
One of the witches at the sabbath has a giant, beard-like tumor similar to The Great Goblin.
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