different between identifiable vs similar

English

Etymology

identify +? -able

Adjective

identifiable (comparative more identifiable, superlative most identifiable)

1. Capable of being distinguished and named.

   I don't know where he was from because he had no identifiable accent.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Adjective

identifiable (plural identifiables)

1. Identifiable.

Further reading

• “identifiable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?m?l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?m?l?/

Adjective

similar (comparative more similar, superlative most similar)

1. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.

   • So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
2. (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.

Synonyms

• (with common characteristics): akin, alike, comparable, identical, same, twin

Antonyms

• (alike): different, unlike, dissimilar

Derived terms

• similarity
• similarly
• similarness

Related terms

Translations

Noun

similar (plural similars)

1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
2. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

Further reading

• similar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• similar in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin simil?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /si.mi?la/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /si.mi?lar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /si.mi?la?/

Adjective

similar (masculine and feminine plural similars)

1. similar

   Synonym: semblant

Related terms

• similitud

Further reading

• “similar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?.mi.?la?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.mi.?la(?)/
• Hyphenation: si?mi?lar

Adjective

similar m or f (plural similares, comparable)

1. similar (having traits or characteristics in common)

   Synonyms: parecido, semelhante

Romanian

Etymology

From French similaire

Adjective

similar m or n (feminine singular similar?, masculine plural similari, feminine and neuter plural similare)

1. similar

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /simi?la?/, [si.mi?la?]
• Hyphenation: si?mi?lar

Adjective

similar (plural similares)

1. similar

   Synonyms: semejante, parecido, símil (rare)

   Antonyms: desemejante, desigual, diferente, disímil, dispar, disparejo, diverso

Related terms

• similitud

Further reading

• “similar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.