Half and Likeness

Half

Half noun - Either of a pair matched in one or more qualities.

Usage example: it's the bottom half of the ninth inning, and the Yankees are up at bat

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Likeness and half are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Likeness" instead a noun "Half".

Nearby Word: halve

Likeness noun - A two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing.

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Half and likeness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Half" instead a noun "Likeness".

Nearby Words: like, liken

human	human half	human likeness
good	good half	good likeness
physical	physical half	physical likeness
full	full half	full likeness
Other adjectives: better, original, visible, former.

As a consequence, one lady remembered being sent off for her Season with one piece of advice, "Never comment on a likeness" — for a third son or the like, who might easily not look like the older half-siblings.

Source: Uncanny Family Resemblance
The cooperative expansion Half-Life: Decay for the PS2 fixed this by having you play as either Gina Cross (who apparently lent her voice and likeness to the holographic assistant) or Colette Green.

Source: The Smurfette Principle / Video Games
Pygmalion, his offering given, prayed Before the altar, half afraid, "Vouchsafe, O Gods, if all things you can grant, my bride Shall be"—he dared not say my ivory girl— "The living likeness of my ivory girl."

Source: Pygmalion Plot

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