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Follow Us. Back to Top. Medical Home. Family Dynamics. Types of Families. Been or gone? Begin or start? Beside or besides? Between or among? Born or borne? Bring , take and fetch Can , could or may? Classic or classical? Come or go? Consider or regard? Consist , comprise or compose? Content or contents? Different from , different to or different than? Do or make? Down , downwards or downward?
During or for? Each or every? East or eastern ; north or northern? Economic or economical? Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for? Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest? Fast , quick or quickly? Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine? Finally , at last , lastly or in the end?
First , firstly or at first? Fit or suit? Following or the following? For or since? Forget or leave? Full or filled? Fun or funny? Get or go? Grateful or thankful? Hear or listen to? High or tall? Historic or historical? House or home? How is …? If or when? If or whether? Ill or sick? Imply or infer? In the way or on the way? Late or lately? There is an overlap. The example given is exactly why I would expect this usage, "Warn about similar names between variables, events and functions.
Which is likely to cause problems in many programming contexts and should be checked for. Add a comment. Your comment made me think about this in terms of set theory. One could say that "identical items" are a strict subset of "similar items". I looked up similar and identical in the Oxford dictionary, and found the following definitions: similar adj Having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical. So what is the difference? Are these words interchangeable?
Why do people mistakenly confuse the two words? Community Bot 1. Tot Zam Tot Zam 3 3 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. Hello, Tot. This should have been presented by OP which might well have rendered the question irrelevant.
EdwinAshworth I agree that had the OP looked up the definitions, it would have been clear that the two words have a difference. Just from the definitions, however, it may not be clear what exactly the difference is.
The rest of my answer is an attempt to make it clearer what the difference between the two words is. But ELU is aimed at proficient Anglophones, who should be able to distinguish the two definitions you give with ease. The mathematical sense of 'similar' is applicable to identical congruent shapes, so there is some overlap. The only reason I didn't close-vote the question on general reference grounds is that there may be some other area of overlap.
Perhaps OED lists the words as synonyms at some level. Expect your OBGYN to keep close tabs on you and your little ones as soon as it is obvious that you are having twins. You may be more likely to undergo a C-section when it is time for delivery to avoid risk of complications. Your OBGYN will help you to determine what the best course of action will be when it is time to bring your twins into the world. Your email address will not be published. This will apply to a child age 10 or older.
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