The difference between Similar and Twin
When used as nouns, similar means that which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc, whereas twin means either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time.
When used as adjectives, similar means having traits or characteristics in common, whereas twin means double.
Twin is also verb with the meaning: to separate, divide.
check bellow for the other definitions of Similar and Twin
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Similar as an adjective:
Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
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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.
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Similar as a noun:
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
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Similar as a noun (homeopathy):
A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
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Twin as a noun:
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
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Twin as a noun:
Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
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Twin as a noun:
A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
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Twin as a noun (US):
A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
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Twin as a noun (crystallography):
A twin crystal.
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Twin as a verb (transitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland):
To separate, divide.
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Twin as a verb (intransitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland):
To split, part; to go away, depart.
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Twin as a verb (usually in the [[passive]]):
To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
Examples:
"Placetown in England is twinned with Machinville in France."
"Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war."
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Twin as a verb (intransitive):
To be paired or suited.
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Twin as a verb (intransitive):
To give birth to twins.
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Twin as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be born at the same birth.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Twin as an adjective:
double; dual; occurring as a matching pair
Examples:
"twin beds'', ''twin socks"
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Twin as an adjective:
forming a pair of twins.
Examples:
"the twin boys"