Duplicate and Like

Duplicate

Duplicate adjective - Resembling another in every respect.

Usage example: duplicate copies of the portrait that were painted by the artist himself

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Like and duplicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like" instead the word "Duplicate" as an adjective or a noun.

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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Duplicate and like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Duplicate" instead the word "Like" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

good	good duplicate	good like
alien	alien duplicate	alien like
total	total duplicate	total like
empty	empty duplicate	empty like
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, evil, black, extra, giant, magical, younger.

So only one duplicate ended up looking more like a twin than simply like a close family member.

Source: Mes A Crowd / Literature
In one arc, Calvin creates a duplicate of himself to do his chores, but the duplicate is too much like him and refuses to help.

Source: Comic Strip / Calvin and Hobbes
Monster Clown and maddest of the mad scientists Rhyme in Star Harbor Nights is able to produce feats even other mad scientists can't duplicate (like making helium burn like hydrogen) because she follows "an alternate ordering of the universe"

Source: Power Born of Madness

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