Near
Near adjective - Closely resembling the object imitated.
Usage example: the dress is made from a near silk that would fool anyone but an expert
Resembling and near are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resembling" instead an adjective "Near".
Resembling
Resembling adjective - Having qualities in common.
Near and resembling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Near" instead an adjective "Resembling".
Nearby Words: resemblance, resembled
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Becoming almost any kind of magician in Unknown Armies requires developing obsessions and taboos that make it near-impossible to have anything resembling a normal life.
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Also Alice in "This Is A Dark Ride" Creepy Doll: The dolls that A sends to the girls, and the dolls in the doll shop especially the one resembling Alison near the end of "If These Dolls Could Talk".
Source: Series / Pretty Little Liars - It stars the infamous Vagineer, a warped version of TF2's Engineer, with a distorted face resembling a vagina, near-demigodlike powers, and cannibalistic tendencies.
Source: Machinima / Vagineer
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