The difference between Alikeness and Likeness
When used as nouns, alikeness means the state or quality of being alike, whereas likeness means the state or quality of being like or alike.
Likeness is also verb with the meaning: to depict.
check bellow for the other definitions of Alikeness and Likeness
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Alikeness as a noun (uncountable):
The state or quality of being alike.
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Alikeness as a noun (countable):
The result or product of being alike.
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Likeness as a noun:
The state or quality of being like or alike
Examples:
"synonyms: similitude resemblance similarity"
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Likeness as a noun:
Appearance or form; guise.
Examples:
"A foe in the likeness of a friend"
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Likeness as a noun:
That which closely resembles; a portrait.
Examples:
"How he looked, the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine."
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Likeness as a verb (archaic, transitive):
To depict.