similar: implies such likeness as allows the possibility of being mistaken for another: all the houses in the district are ~.


analogous: applies to things that have many similarities but belong to different categories: ~ political systems .


like: implies resemblance(一般指外表相似) or similarity ranging FROM identity TO slight similarity: found people of ~ mind.


alike: implies having close resemblance even though clearly distinct: siblings who look ~.


akin: sug. essential rather than apparent likeness: diseases ~ to one another in their effects.


parallel: sug. marked similarity in the course of development of two things: the ~ career of two movie stars.


homogeneous: implies likeness of a NUMBER of things in kind, sort, or class: a ~ population.


uniform: implies consistent likeness and lack of variation in existence, appearance or operation: ~ application of the law.


identical: implies EITHER very sameness OR exact correspondence without detectable or significant differences: shared ~ concerns.


similar: 相似可能混淆, analogous: 许多相似但不同, like: 泛指通用,从有点相似到完全相同，alike: 外表(resemblance)相似但明显不同, akin: 本质相似而非表面， parallel: 发展轨迹相似， homogeneous均匀: 多事物集合体种类相似(即均匀:集合体不同部分没有差异)，uniform: 一致不变， identical: 完全相同或没有明显差异。


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         2）相似的意思是相互之间很像mean closely resembling each other.