Parallel and Unlike

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Parallel

Parallel adjective - Having qualities in common.
Usage example: parallel lives of two friends who first met in college
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Unlike is an antonym for parallel in topics: matching, akin.
Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

Unlike

Unlike adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Usage example: you're trying to compare very unlike things—like those proverbial apples and oranges
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Parallel is an antonym for unlike.
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  • Also unique is the fact that, unlike most other examples where parallel universes may diverge in recent history but are still recognisably similar to our own Earth, the parallel universes of the Long Earth are wildernesses devoid of human life.
    Source: Interdimensional Travel Device
  • Comic Book / Galactus Unlike Galactus, Unicron doesn't even need to eat worlds and only does it out of sheer hatred, which itself can be seen as a parallel to the 1610's Galactus.
    Source: Comic Book / Galactus
  • Standard Human Spaceship Also, everybody's hulls tend to be rounded, usually more-or-less cigar-shaped, although they fly or land with the long axis parallel to the ground, unlike “rocketships.”
    Source: Standard Human Spaceship
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