Similar and Very same

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Similar adjective - Having qualities in common.

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Very same and similar are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Very same" instead an adjective "Similar".

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Similar and very same are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Similar" instead an adjective phrase "Very same".

Similar machines had already appeared in the cartoons of Rube Goldberg, and to make the very same satirical point.

Source: Older Than They Think / Film
On the other hand, when Jeff Foxworthy made very similar (if not worse) jokes about the very same subject, there was no uproar whatsoever as he is himself from Atlanta.

Source: Deep South
One of the traps at the Arabian Mansion kills you in similar fashion to Vanilla Ice's killing of Abdul, complete with the very same message on the wall.

Source: Video Game / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand User

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