Different and Like

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Different

Different adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Usage example: how are plantains different from bananas?
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Like is an antonym for different in topics: separate, miscellaneous, dissimilar.
Nearby Words: difference, differentiate, differing, differential, differently

Like

Like adjective - Having qualities in common.
Usage example: you're not talking about like things when you compare football and golf
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Different is an antonym for like in topics: similar to, similar.
Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable
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  • Comments: This story is one of the gems of TF:A fanfiction- it's an AU of the show, but the way he did it doesn't seem like a rehash of the show- some things in the universe are very similar to TFA Canon, and some things are very different.
    Source: Fanfic Recs / Transformers
  • Third-Option Adaptation Averted with one of the movies for Black and White, which much like the games comes in two similar-but-different versions.
    Source: Third-Option Adaptation
  • Discworld / Carpe Jugulum The Watsonian explanation is that the different clans just have different accents; there are cultural differences too, like this clan embracing contract law instead of fearing lawyers.
    Source: Discworld / Carpe Jugulum
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