By the way, i originally thought of the It's more similar to c++ than c Using the example to obtain similar to or similarly to, the latter sounds very strange even though similarly is definitely being used as an adverb
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Both are found, but there is no obvious difference in meaning
Similarity to is the preferred construction in both american and british english The corpus of contemporary american english has 332 records for similarity to and 52 for similarity with The figures for the british national corpus show a less pronounced preference, but, with corresponding figures of 105 and 34, it is still. Broadly, similar to and like are interchangeable (and ms should leave your style choices to you)
Quite separately, i think you'll have a hard time explaining the difference you suggest between a is similar to b indicating objects are quite distinct, and a is like b suggesting they are practically the same. A book is similar to a kindle (they hold pages, pg Numbers, chapters, introductions, glossary, credits, acknowledgements, information.etc) Yet there are some characteristics which set them apart
For instance a book is made of different materials, it does not emit light, it is not electronic, and it does not contain more books.
The other options in a similar vein to and along the same vein sound a little odd to my ear I guess you'd be better off using in a similar way to and along the same lines instead. I've come across this analogous question for the opposite case idioms/phrase for obvious no but couldn't find one for mine I'm looking for phrases like "does the pope pray?"
In a hypothetical situation where there is a test for similarity, and two object are, when tested, found to be similar, then one could say either object behaves similar to the other. Is there a synonym for just as how or similar to how For instance, in the sentence, just as how crabs can live in water, they can also live on land Or similar to how crabs can live in.
In the following sentence, is using "more similar"
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