The difference between Likeness and Representation
When used as nouns, likeness means the state or quality of being like or alike, whereas representation means that which represents something else.
Likeness is also verb with the meaning: to depict.
check bellow for the other definitions of Likeness and Representation
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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.
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Representation as a noun:
That which represents something else.
Examples:
"The [[w:Venus of Willendorf Venus of Willendorf]] was an early representation of the female body."
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Representation as a noun:
The act of representing.
Examples:
"We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events."
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Representation as a noun (legal):
The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
Examples:
"People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance."
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Representation as a noun (politics):
The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
Examples:
"The lack of representation in the British parliament was one of the main factors behind the American Revolution."
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Representation as a noun (mathematics):
An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.
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Representation as a noun:
A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
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Representation as a noun:
A theatrical performance.