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Is there a word for "different yet similar"?

Asked by trinitymat (94points) January 5th, 2014

Or a word for ‘different people, same feelings’. Something of that sort…

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jca's avatar

Somewhat similar.

“Similar” doesn’t necessarily mean “exactly the same. ”

Pachy's avatar

related
analogous
akin

zenvelo's avatar

Congruent.

Kindred

Parallel

Smitha's avatar

Homonym -one of a group of words pronounced or spelt in the same way but having different meanings.

SadieMartinPaul's avatar

Corresponding
Comparable
Kindred
Resembling
Complementary
Affiliated
Harmonious
Parallel

zenvelo's avatar

@Smitha What about synonym a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language.

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

akin
adjective
1.of similar character.

edit: I see Pachy got it first.

Seek's avatar

“different people, same feelings” might “sympathy”.

Kropotkin's avatar

The word “similar” already implies that two or more related things are different.

josie's avatar

similar

ccrow's avatar

Well, in the words of my 3yo grandson: “They look the same, kinda actually, but not!” I guess that’s more than a word, though;-)

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