Dissimilar
adjective
Not alike or the same, different from each other.
Though they are twins, they are dissimilar in many ways.
Often appears as...
- dissimilar features
- dissimilar items
adjective
Not alike or the same, different from each other.
Though they are twins, they are dissimilar in many ways.
Often appears as...
- dissimilar features
- dissimilar items
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Context
Use 'dissimilar' to highlight differences when comparing two or more things.
Her painting style is dissimilar to the conventional techniques used by her peers.
Pro Tip 2/3Degree of Difference
'Dissimilar' implies a clear distinction but doesn't specify how different the things are.
The twins had dissimilar opinions about the movie, one loved it and the other didn't.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Negative Nuance
While pointing out differences, 'dissimilar' does not imply that one is better.
The two proposals were dissimilar in scope but equally comprehensive.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Context
Use 'dissimilar' to highlight differences when comparing two or more things.
Her painting style is dissimilar to the conventional techniques used by her peers.
Pro Tip 2/3Degree of Difference
'Dissimilar' implies a clear distinction but doesn't specify how different the things are.
The twins had dissimilar opinions about the movie, one loved it and the other didn't.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Negative Nuance
While pointing out differences, 'dissimilar' does not imply that one is better.
The two proposals were dissimilar in scope but equally comprehensive.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Context
Use 'dissimilar' to highlight differences when comparing two or more things.
Her painting style is dissimilar to the conventional techniques used by her peers.
Pro Tip 2/3Degree of Difference
'Dissimilar' implies a clear distinction but doesn't specify how different the things are.
The twins had dissimilar opinions about the movie, one loved it and the other didn't.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Negative Nuance
While pointing out differences, 'dissimilar' does not imply that one is better.
The two proposals were dissimilar in scope but equally comprehensive.
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My journey from Marine...
Every team has a leader or director; sometimes they're smart, sometimes they're not. You're forced to be intimate with complete strangers in a short amount of time; the self-discipline, the self-maintenance. I thought, how great would it be to create a space that combined these two seemingly dissimilar communities,
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Philip Rosedale: Second...
So that's another demographic fact. In terms of psychographic, you know, the people in Second Life are remarkably dissimilar relative to what you might think, when you go in and talk to them and meet them, and I would, you know, challenge you to just do this and find out.
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Can you outsmart the...
Yes, they had natural causes. But each had a different cause, and involved a different amount and duration of warming. They’re as dissimilar as they are similar. Taking them together, all we can reasonably conclude is that the Earth’s climate seems to change
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Giant Japanese...
the banks of rivers are covered in concrete for flood control the salamanders habitat is destroyed so yamato-san Lanson ambassador's desk already know so you you were all FINA you are no external schema coconut not dissimilar Sunland Inc name to combat
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Kayvon Tehranian: How...
It's a certificate of ownership registered on the blockchain for everyone to see. It's not too dissimilar to the deed you get when you buy a house in the physical world. But instead of a house, an NFT denotes ownership of a file on the internet.
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What color is Tuesday?...
and the color area further back. But suppose in someone else that the gene acted in non-sensory areas. You would then have the ability to link seemingly unrelated things, which is the definition of metaphor, seeing the similar in the dissimilar.
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How we think about death...
has a not dissimilar effect and I found myself able to have conversations with my son that would have been taboo otherwise things like the dance coming up on Friday night that was a genuine surprise what I found was that death and games
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Wild Monkeys in the...
they seem so human and their expressions you can see them in their faces with strong social hierarchies in close knit bonds their behaviors aren't that dissimilar to our own sibling squabbles being a regular occurrence and social
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A lab the size of a...
examples the rigors of military medicine are not so dissimilar from the third world poor resources a rigorous environment of a series of problems in light weight and things of this kind and also not so different from the home
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Dimitar Sasselov: How we...
is that science is in the process of redefining life as we know it. And that is going to change our worldview in a profound way -- not in a dissimilar way
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My journey from Marine...
Every team has a leader or director; sometimes they're smart, sometimes they're not. You're forced to be intimate with complete strangers in a short amount of time; the self-discipline, the self-maintenance. I thought, how great would it be to create a space that combined these two seemingly dissimilar communities,
Video examples
Philip Rosedale: Second...
So that's another demographic fact. In terms of psychographic, you know, the people in Second Life are remarkably dissimilar relative to what you might think, when you go in and talk to them and meet them, and I would, you know, challenge you to just do this and find out.
Video examples
Can you outsmart the...
Yes, they had natural causes. But each had a different cause, and involved a different amount and duration of warming. They’re as dissimilar as they are similar. Taking them together, all we can reasonably conclude is that the Earth’s climate seems to change
Video examples
Giant Japanese...
the banks of rivers are covered in concrete for flood control the salamanders habitat is destroyed so yamato-san Lanson ambassador's desk already know so you you were all FINA you are no external schema coconut not dissimilar Sunland Inc name to combat
Video examples
Kayvon Tehranian: How...
It's a certificate of ownership registered on the blockchain for everyone to see. It's not too dissimilar to the deed you get when you buy a house in the physical world. But instead of a house, an NFT denotes ownership of a file on the internet.
Video examples
What color is Tuesday?...
and the color area further back. But suppose in someone else that the gene acted in non-sensory areas. You would then have the ability to link seemingly unrelated things, which is the definition of metaphor, seeing the similar in the dissimilar.
Video examples
How we think about death...
has a not dissimilar effect and I found myself able to have conversations with my son that would have been taboo otherwise things like the dance coming up on Friday night that was a genuine surprise what I found was that death and games
Video examples
Wild Monkeys in the...
they seem so human and their expressions you can see them in their faces with strong social hierarchies in close knit bonds their behaviors aren't that dissimilar to our own sibling squabbles being a regular occurrence and social
Video examples
A lab the size of a...
examples the rigors of military medicine are not so dissimilar from the third world poor resources a rigorous environment of a series of problems in light weight and things of this kind and also not so different from the home
Video examples
Dimitar Sasselov: How we...
is that science is in the process of redefining life as we know it. And that is going to change our worldview in a profound way -- not in a dissimilar way
Example 1 of 10
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Aaron Staton
American Actor
Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
It is a curious historical fact that modern quantum mechanics began with two quite different mathematical formulations: the differential equation of Schroedinger and the matrix algebra of Heisenberg. The two apparently dissimilar approaches were proved to be mathematically equivalent.
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Zach Woods
American Actor
If you talk in a way that is too dissimilar to the character, when people are showing up to see you talk about the show, often it seems like it's jarring to them.
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John Barton
Canadian Poet
I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.
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Robbie Kay
British Actor
Some people become so immersed an a show, they have an image that the actor is not too dissimilar, but fortunately I've never had that experience.
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Alex Haley
American Novelist
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
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Jon Hamm
American Actor
I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life.
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Isaac Hanson
American Musician
I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.
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Chris Evans
American Actor
Men and women aren't too dissimilar.
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Aaron Staton
American Actor
Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
It is a curious historical fact that modern quantum mechanics began with two quite different mathematical formulations: the differential equation of Schroedinger and the matrix algebra of Heisenberg. The two apparently dissimilar approaches were proved to be mathematically equivalent.
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Zach Woods
American Actor
If you talk in a way that is too dissimilar to the character, when people are showing up to see you talk about the show, often it seems like it's jarring to them.
Quote examples
John Barton
Canadian Poet
I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.
Quote examples
Robbie Kay
British Actor
Some people become so immersed an a show, they have an image that the actor is not too dissimilar, but fortunately I've never had that experience.
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Alex Haley
American Novelist
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
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Jon Hamm
American Actor
I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life.
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Isaac Hanson
American Musician
I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.
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Chris Evans
American Actor
Men and women aren't too dissimilar.
Example 1 of 10
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