Ilk and Order

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Ilk noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

Usage example: we're looking for chestnuts and other items of that ilk for our autumn decorations

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Order is a synonym for ilk in kind topic. In some cases you can use "Order" instead a noun "Ilk", when it comes to topics like group.

Order noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

Usage example: collects movie posters, photographs and autographs of the stars, and other memorabilia of that order

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Ilk is a synonym for order in kind topic. You can use "Ilk" instead a noun "Order", if it concerns topics such as group, type, class.

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

old	old ilk	old order
similar	similar ilk	similar order
normal	normal ilk	normal order
usual	usual ilk	usual order
Other adjectives: original, final.

Deathwing and his ilk only take human forms in order to infiltrate the human society.

Source: A Form You Are Comfortable With
And by the New Jedi Order series the New Republic has a few such vessels of its own, specifically the Viscount-class battleship, expressly designed as a counter to the Super Star Destroyer and its ilk.

Source: Unnecessarily Large Vessel

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