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resemble (resembles, resembling, resembled)

VERB If one thing or person resembles another, they are similar to each other.

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  Some of the commercially produced venison resembles beef in flavour. ■ It is true that both therapies do closely resemble each other.
  

Adjectives and adverbs for describing difference:

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  contrary
  

ADJECTIVE Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.

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  [+ to] This view is contrary to the aims of critical social research for a number of
  

reasons. ■ Several of those present had contrary information. ■ people with contrary interests

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  conversely
  

ADVERB You say conversely to indicate that the situation you are about to describe is the opposite or reverse of the one you have just described. [FORMAL] ■ If government saving is high private saving will be low/. Conversely if government saving is negative then private saving will be high. ■ That makes Chinese products even cheaper and, conversely, makes American-made goods more expensive to export:.

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  distinct
  

ADJECTIVE If something is distinct from something else of the same type, it is different or separate from it. ■[+ from] Engineering and technology are disciplines distinct from one another and from science. ■ This book is divided into two distinct parts.

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  diverse
  

ADJECTIVE If a group or range of things is diverse, it is made up of a wide variety of things. ■ a diverse range of habitats ■ Society is now much more diverse than ever before.

Adjectives for describing similarity:

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  alike
  

ADJECTIVE If two or more things are alike, they are similar. ■ The two brothers look very alike.

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