Akin
Akin adjective - Having a close connection like that between family members.
Usage example: foxes are closely akin to dogs
Different
Different adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Usage example: how are plantains different from bananas?
Both words in one sentence
- When the origin of the monsters is eventually revealed, it is completely different than the games, being more akin to another video game series featuring similar monsters.
Source: In Name Only / Live-Action Films -
Awareness of it is treated as something akin to a special power, and different characters have different levels of success in wielding that power.
- An In-Universe example more akin to You Sound Familiar is that his voices for Kermit the Frog and Simon Belmont are very similar, just given different pitches.
Source: Lets Play / Gunarm Dyne
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