The difference between Akin and Similar

When used as adjectives, akin means of the same kin, whereas similar means having traits or characteristics in common.

Similar is also noun with the meaning: that which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

check bellow for the other definitions of Akin and Similar

  1. Akin as an adjective (of persons):

    Of the same kin; related by blood.

  2. Akin as an adjective (often, followed by {{m, to):

    }} Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

  1. Similar as an adjective:

    Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.

  2. Similar as an adjective (mathematics):

    Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of rotations, translations and scalings.

  1. Similar as a noun:

    That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

  2. Similar as a noun (homeopathy):

    A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

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