different between like vs same
like
English
Alternative forms
- lak
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?k, IPA(key): /la?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Etymology 1
Verb from Middle English liken, from Old English l?cian (“to please; be sufficient”), from Proto-West Germanic *l?k?n, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?n? (“to please”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image; likeness; similarity”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian liekje (“to be similar, resemble”), Dutch lijken (“to seem”), German Low German lieken (“to be like; resemble”), German gleichen (“to resemble”), Swedish lika (“to like; put up with; align with”), Norwegian like (“to like”), Icelandic líka (“to like”).
Noun from Middle English like (“pleasure, will, like”), from the verb Middle English liken (“to like”).
Verb
like (third-person singular simple present likes, present participle liking, simple past and past participle liked)
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- Antonyms: dislike, hate, mislike
- He may either go or stay, as he best likes.
- (transitive, archaic) To please.
- (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
- (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- Synonyms: (British) fancy, enjoy, love
- Antonyms: dislike, hate, mislike
- (obsolete) To liken; to compare.
- (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- Antonyms: unlike, dislike
- (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
Usage notes
- In its senses of “enjoy” and “maintain as a regular habit”, like is a catenative verb; in the former, it usually takes a gerund (-ing form), while in the latter, it takes a to-infinitive. See also Appendix:English catenative verbs.
- Like is only used to mean “want” in certain expressions, such as “if you like” and “I would like”. The conditional form, would like, is used quite freely as a polite synonym for want.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- like like
- would like
Translations
Noun
like (plural likes)
- (usually in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
- Synonyms: favorite, preference
- Antonyms: dislike, pet hate, pet peeve
- (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.
Translations
References
- like on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Adjective from Middle English like, lyke, from Old English ?el?? by shortening, influenced by Old Norse líkr, glíkr; both from Proto-Germanic *gal?kaz (“like, similar, same”). Related to alike; more distantly, with lich and -ly. Cognate with West Frisian like (“like; as”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”) Swedish lik (“like, similar”)
Adverb from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, from Old English ?el??e (“likewise, also, as, in like manner, similarly”) and Old Norse líka (“also, likewise”); both from Proto-Germanic *gal?kê, from Proto-Germanic *gal?kaz (“same, like, similar”).
Conjunction from Middle English like, lyke, lik, lyk, from the adverb Middle English like.
Preposition from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, lijc, liih (“similar to, like, equal to, comparable with”), from Middle English like (adjective) and like (adverb).
Adjective
like (comparative more like, superlative most like)
- Similar.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 3, Landlord Edmund
- […] and this is not a sky, it is a Soul and living Face! Nothing liker the Temple of the Highest, bright with some real effulgence of the Highest, is seen in this world.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 3, Landlord Edmund
- (obsolete) Likely; probable.
- 1668, Robert South, The Messiah's Sufferings for the Sins of the People (sermon, March 20, 1668)
- But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.
- 1668, Robert South, The Messiah's Sufferings for the Sins of the People (sermon, March 20, 1668)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- as like as not
Translations
Adverb
like (comparative more like, superlative most like)
- (obsolete, colloquial) Likely.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 3
- DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit.
- CLAUDIO. Faith, like enough. [= Indeed, quite likely.]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 3
- (archaic or rare) In a like or similar manner.
- Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Noun
like (countable and uncountable, plural likes)
- (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- 1935, Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence
- We shall never see his like again.
- 1935, Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence
- (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
Synonyms
- ilk
Antonyms
- antithesis, opposite
Derived terms
- like-for-like
Translations
Conjunction
like
- (colloquial) As, the way.
- 1966, Advertising slogan for Winston cigarettes
- Winston tastes good like a cigarette should
- 1978, "Do Unto Others" by Bob Dylan
- But if you do right to me, baby
- I’ll do right to you, too
- Ya got to do unto others
- Like you’d have them, like you’d have them, do unto you
- 1966, Advertising slogan for Winston cigarettes
- As if; as though.
Usage notes
- The American Heritage Dictionary opines that using like as a conjunction, instead of as, the way, as if, or as though, is informal; it has, however, been routine since the Middle English period. AHD4 says "Writers since Chaucer's time have used like as a conjunction, but 19th-century and 20th-century critics have been so vehement in their condemnations of this usage that a writer who uses the construction in formal style risks being accused of illiteracy or worse", and recommends using as in formal speech and writing. OED does not tag it as colloquial or nonstandard, but notes, "Used as conj[unction]: = 'like as', as. Now generally condemned as vulgar or slovenly, though examples may be found in many recent writers of standing."
Derived terms
- feel like, look like, seem like, sound like
Preposition
like
- Similar to, reminiscent of.
- Typical of
- It would be just like Achilles to be sulking in his tent.
- Approximating
- Popcorn costs something like $10 dollars at the movies.
- In the manner of, similarly to.
- He doesn't act like a president.
- Such as
- It's for websites like Wikipedia.
- As if there would be.
- It looks like a hot summer in Europe.
Synonyms
- (such as): for example, such as, (archaic) as
Antonyms
- unlike
Derived terms
- like a bull at a gate
Translations
Particle
like
- (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Tyneside, Teesside, Liverpudlian) A delayed filler.
- (colloquial) A mild intensifier.
- 1972, Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, December 1:
- [Sally Brown:] Christmas is getting all you can get while the getting is good.
[Charlie Brown:] GIVING! The only real joy is GIVING!
[Sally Brown, rolling her eyes:] Like, wow!
- [Sally Brown:] Christmas is getting all you can get while the getting is good.
- 1972, Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, December 1:
- (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty
- (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
- 2006, Lily Allen, Knock 'Em Out
- You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
- They're like, "Alright"
- What ya saying, "Yeah can I take your digits?"
- And you're like, "no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone."
- 2006, Lily Allen, Knock 'Em Out
Synonyms
- (delayed filler): I mean, you know
- (mild intensifier): I mean, well, you know
- (indicating approximation or uncertainty): I mean, well, you know
- (colloquial: used to precede paraphrased quotations): be all, go
Usage notes
The use as a quotative is informal. It is commonly used by young people, and commonly disliked by older generations, especially in repeated use. It may be combined with the use of the present tense as a narrative. Similar terms are to go and all, as in I go, “Why did you do that?” and he goes, “I don't know” and I was all, “Why did you do that?” and he was all, “I don't know.” These expressions can imply that the attributed remark which follows is representative rather than necessarily an exact quotation; however, in speech these structures do tend to require mimicking the original speaker's inflection in a way said would not.
Excessive use of "like" as a meaningless filler is widely criticised.
Translations
Interjection
like
- (Liverpudlian, Tyneside) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
Etymology 3
From like (adverb) and like (adjective).
Verb
like (third-person singular simple present likes, present participle liking, simple past and past participle liked)
- (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- like at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Kiel, Kile, kile, liek
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English like.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [l?j??]
Noun
like n (singular definite liket, plural indefinite likes)
- (Internet) like
Verb
like (imperative like, infinitive at like, present tense liker, past tense likede, perfect tense har liket)
- (Internet) like
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: likent, likes
Verb
like
- first-person singular present indicative of liker
- third-person singular present indicative of liker
- first-person singular present subjunctive of liker
- third-person singular present subjunctive of liker
- second-person singular imperative of liker
German
Verb
like
- inflection of liken:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lite. Compare Maori rite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li.ke/, [?like]
Verb
like
- (stative) like, alike, similar
Derived terms
- ho?olike: to make things equal, to make things similar (less common)
- ho?oh?like: to make things equal, to make things similar (more common)
References
- “like” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse líka
Verb
like (imperative lik, present tense liker, simple past likte, past participle likt)
- to like
Etymology 2
Adjective
like
- definite singular of lik
- plural of lik
Etymology 3
Adverb
like
- as, equally
Derived terms
- likefullt, like fullt
- likeledes
- likeså
References
- “like” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²li?k?/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse líka
Alternative forms
- lika
Verb
like (imperative lik or like, present tense likar or liker, simple past lika or likte, past participle lika or likt)
- to like
Etymology 2
Adjective
like
- definite singular of lik
- plural of lik
Etymology 3
From Old Norse líka
Adverb
like
- as, equally
- just, immediately
References
- “like” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scots
Etymology
From Old English l?cian (“to be pleasing”)
Verb
like (third-person singular present likes, present participle likin, past likit, past participle likit)
- To like.
- To be hesitant to do something.
- To love somebody or something.
Adverb
like (not comparable)
- like
Interjection
like
- (South Scots) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
Spanish
Etymology
From English like.
Noun
like m (plural likes)
- (Internet slang) like
Swedish
Adjective
like
- absolute definite natural masculine form of lik.
Noun
like c
- match (someone similarly skillful)
Declension
like From the web:
- what like it's hard
- what like it's hard meme
- what like charges do
- what likewise mean
- what like it's hard quote
- what likely explains the poor standing
- what like it's hard legally blonde
- what like terms
same
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /se?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
- Homophone: Sejm
Etymology 1
From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase sw? same (sw?) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic ???????????????? (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ???? (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian ?????? (sámyj), Sanskrit ?? (samá), Persian ??? (ham, “also, same”).
Adjective
same (not comparable)
- Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
- Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
- Similar, alike.
- Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
- A reply of confirmation of identity.
- ca. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, scene III:
- King Lear: This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent?
- Kent: The same.[1]
- 1994, Clerks:
- Dante: Whose house was it?
- Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.
- Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?
- Blue-Collar Man: The same. [2]
- ca. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, scene III:
Usage notes
- This word is usually construed with the (except after demonstratives: "this same..." etc.). This can make it difficult to distinguish between the simple adjective and the adjective used absolutely or pronominally.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Pronoun
same
- The identical thing, ditto.
- Something similar, something of the identical type.
- (formal, often law) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
- (India, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.
Usage notes
- This word is commonly used as the same.
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
same
- (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
Synonyms
- this, +1, like
- IAWTP
Etymology 2
From Middle English same, samme, samen, (also ysame, isame), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). Cognate with Scots samin (“together”), Dutch samen (“together”), German zusammen (“together”), Swedish samman (“together”), Icelandic saman (“together”).
Adverb
same (comparative more same, superlative most same)
- (obsolete or Britain dialectal) Together.
Further reading
- same in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- same in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- same at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- AMEs, ASME, Ames, MSAE, Mesa, eams, mase, meas, meas., mesa, seam
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
same
- equally
French
Adjective
same (plural sames)
- Sami
Noun
same m or f (plural sames)
- Sami
same m (uncountable)
- Sami
Derived terms
- same d'Inari
Hadza
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /same/
Verb
same
- (transitive) to eat
Related terms
- seme
Japanese
Romanization
same
- R?maji transcription of ??
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
same m (definite singular samen, indefinite plural samer, definite plural samene)
- Sami; member of the Sami people
Synonyms
- lapp (derogatory)
Related terms
- samisk
References
- “same” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²s??m?/
Etymology 1
From Northern Sami sápmi.
Noun
same m (definite singular samen, indefinite plural samar, definite plural samane)
- Sami; member of the Sami people
Synonyms
- lapp (derogatory)
Related terms
- samisk
Etymology 2
From Old Norse sami. Akin to English same.
Determiner
same
- same
- no matter
Derived terms
- med det same
References
- “same” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
same
- vocative singular of sam?
Adjective
same
- masculine/neuter locative singular of sama
- masculine accusative plural of sama
- feminine vocative singular of sama
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa.m?/
Adjective
same
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sam
Swedish
Etymology
From Northern Sami Sámi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *?em? (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.
Noun
same c
- Sami; person of the Sami people
Declension
Synonyms
- lapp (now often derogatory)
Related terms
- samiska
References
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