different between similitude vs correspondence
similitude
English
Etymology
From Old French
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??m?l?tju?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /s??m?l?tu?d/
Noun
similitude (countable and uncountable, plural similitudes)
- (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- Renaissance man thought in terms of similitudes: the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. […]
Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon.
- Renaissance man thought in terms of similitudes: the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. […]
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- Renaissance man thought in terms of 'similitudes': the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. […]
Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon.
- Renaissance man thought in terms of 'similitudes': the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. […]
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
- 1852, Wilkie Collins, Nine O'Clock!
- If I was certain of anything in the world, I was certain that I had seen my brother in the study — nay, more, had touched him, — and equally certain that I had seen his double — his exact similitude, in the garden.
- 1852, Wilkie Collins, Nine O'Clock!
- A parable or allegory.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XIII:
- And he spake many thynges to them in similitudes, sayinge: Beholde, the sower wentt forth to sowe, And as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side [...].
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XIII:
Derived terms
- antisimilitude
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin similit?dinem, accusative singular of similit?d? (“likeness, similitude”); from similis.
Noun
similitude f (plural similitudes)
- similitude
Further reading
- “similitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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correspondence
English
Etymology
Morphologically correspond +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?"r?sp?n'd?ns, IPA(key): /?k????sp?nd?ns/
Noun
correspondence (countable and uncountable, plural correspondences)
- (uncountable) Friendly discussion.
- (uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
- (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
- (uncountable) Newspaper or news stories, generally.
- (countable) A postal or other written communication.
- (uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
- (set theory, countable) A relation.
- (theology) According to Swedenborg, a relationship of similarity between physical and spiritual things, such as that of light to wisdom, or warmth to love.
Translations
See also
- correspondent
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