difference vs resemblance

difference

noun
  • A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else. 

  • The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result. 

  • A disagreement or argument. 

  • An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency. 

  • The quality of being different. 

  • The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia. 

  • The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B). 

  • Significant change in or effect on a situation or state. 

  • A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB). 

resemblance

noun
  • That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. 

  • The quality or state of resembling. 

  • Probability; verisimilitude. 

  • A comparison; a simile. 

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