different between alike vs corresponding

English

Etymology

From Middle English alike, alyke, alyche, aleche, and earlier ilike, ilik, ylike, yliche, ylich, elik, ?elic, from Old English ?el?? (“like; alike; similar; equal”) and Old English onl??, anl?? ("like; similar; equal"; > Middle English anlike, onlich (compare German ähnlich), reinforced by Old Norse álíkr, from Proto-Germanic *gal?kaz (“alike, similar”). Cognate with Scots elyke, alyke (“like, alike”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like, alike”), West Frisian lyk, gelyk (“like, alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German Low German liek, gliek (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Swedish lik (“like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??la?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Adjective

alike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)

1. Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

   The twins were alike.

Derived terms

• alikeness

Translations

Adverb

alike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)

1. In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

Derived terms

• share and share alike

Translations

Anagrams

• Kalie, alkie

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd??/
• (Received Pronunciation, New England) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd??/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd??/
• Hyphenation: cor?res?pond?ing
• Rhymes: -?nd??

Verb

corresponding

1. present participle of correspond

Noun

corresponding (plural correspondings)

1. A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match.

Adjective

corresponding (comparative more corresponding, superlative most corresponding)

1. that have a similar relationship
   • 2008, Wikipedia (Middle East)

     The corresponding adjective to Middle East is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner.

Derived terms

• corresponding angles
• correspondingly

Translations