Although similar, synonyms have subtly different meanings and are used in different contexts. For example, the words calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon and work out are all synonyms of each other because they have roughly the same meaning, but there are subtle differences. Test your synonym knowledge.
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a. Affinity b. Analogy c. Likeness d. Difference
e. Similarity
f. Similitude g. Resemblance = 1. ___ would apply to two sisters who are only a year apart in age and who are very similar to each other in terms of appearance and personality (the two sisters bear a ___ to one another).
2. ___ applies to people or things that are merely somewhat alike (there was a ___ between the two women, both of whom were raised in the Midwest).
= 3. ___ suggests a similarity only in appearance or in superficial or external ways (with their short hair and blue eyes, they bore a strong ___ to each other).
= 4. ___ adds to resemblance a natural kinship, temperamental sympathy, common experience, or some other relationship (she has an ___ for young children).
= 5. ___ is a more literary word meaning likeness or similarity in reference to abstract things (a ___ of the truth).
= 6. An ___ is a comparison of things that are basically unlike but share certain attributes or circumstances (he drew an ___ between the human heart and a bicycle pump).
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