vary, modify &c. (change) 140.
discriminate &c. 465.
Adj. differing &c. v.; different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot; distinguishable, dissimilar; varied, modified; diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of; variform &c.
81[obs3]; daedal[obs3].
other, another, not the same; unequal &c. 28. unmatched; widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic; discriminative; distinguishing.
incommensurable, incommensurate.
Adv. differently &c. adj.
Phr. il y a f.a.gots et f.a.gots.
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#16. Uniformity. -- N. uniformity; h.o.m.ogeneity, h.o.m.ogeneousness; consistency; connaturality[obs3], connaturalness[obs3]; h.o.m.ology; accordance; conformity &c. 82; agreement &c. 23; consonance, uniformness.
regularity, constancy, even tenor, routine; monotony.
V. be uniform &c. adj.; accord with &c. 23; run through.
become uniform &c. adj.; conform to &c. 82.
render uniform, h.o.m.ogenize &c. adj.; a.s.similate, level, smooth, dress.
Adj. uniform; h.o.m.ogeneous, h.o.m.ologous; of a piece[Fr], consistent, connatural[obs3]; monotonous, even, invariable; regular, unchanged, undeviating, unvaried, unvarying.
unsegmented.
Adv. uniformly &c. adj.; uniformly with &c. (conformably) 82; in harmony with &c. (agreeing) 23.
always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly, never otherwise; by clockwork.
Phr. ab uno disce omnes[Lat].
#16a. [Absence or want of uniformity.] Nonuniformity. -- N. diversity, irregularity, unevenness; multiformity &c. 81; unconformity &c. 83; roughness &c. 256; dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divarication, divergence.
Adj. diversified varied, irregular, uneven, rough &c. 256; multifarious; multiform &c. 81; of various kinds; all manner of, all sorts of, all kinds of.
Adv. variously, in all manner of ways, here there and everywhere.
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#17. Similarity. -- N. similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance; affinity, approximation, parallelism; agreement &c. 23; a.n.a.logy, a.n.a.logicalness[obs3]; correspondence, h.o.m.oiousia[obs3], parity.
connaturalness[obs3], connaturality[obs3]; brotherhood, family likeness.
alliteration, rhyme, pun.
repet.i.tion &c. 104; sameness &c. (ident.i.ty) 13; uniformity &c. 16; isogamy[obs3].
a.n.a.logue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one"s second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par n.o.bile fratrum[Lat], Arcades ambo[obs3], birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne[Lat]; gens de meme famille[Fr].
parallel; simile; type &c. (metaphor) 521; image &c. (representation) 554; photograph; close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance.
V. be similar &c. adj.; look like, resemble, bear resemblance; smack of, savor of; approximate; parallel, match, rhyme with; take after; imitate &c. 19; favor, span [U. S.].
render similar &c. adj.; a.s.similate, approximate, bring near; connaturalize[obs3], make alike; rhyme, pun.
Adj. similar; resembling &c. v.; like, alike; twin.
a.n.a.logous, a.n.a.logical; parallel, of a piece[Fr]; such as, so; h.o.m.oiousian[obs3].
connatural[obs3], congener, allied to; akin to &c. (consanguineous) 1 1.
approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like; a show of; mock, pseudo, simulating, representing.
exact &c. (true) 494; lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d"eau[Fr]; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium[Lat], cast in the same mold, ridiculously like.
Adv. as if, so to speak; as it were, as if it were; quasi, just as, veluti in speculum[Lat].
Phr. et sic de similibus[Lat]; tel maitre tel valet[Fr]; tel pere tel fils[Fr]; like master, like servant; like father, like son; the fruit doesn"t fall far from the tree; a chip off the old block
#18. Dissimilarity. -- N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude[obs3]; unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance[obs3]; divergence, variation.; difference &c. 15; novelty, originality; creativeness; oogamy[obs3].
V. be unlike &c. adj.; vary &c. (differ) 15; bear no resemblance to, differ toto coelo[Lat].
render unlike &c. adj.; vary &c. (diversify) 140.
Adj. dissimilar, unlike, disparate; divergent; of a different kind &c.
(cla.s.s) 75 unmatched, unique; new, novel; unprecedented &c. 83; original.
nothing of the kind; no such thing, quite another thing; far from it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid[Lat], as like a dock as a daisy, "very like a whale" [Hamlet]; as different as chalk from cheese, as different as Macedon and Monmouth; lucus a non lucendo[Lat].
diversified &c. 16a.
Adv. otherwise.
Phr. diis aliter visum[Lat]; "no more like my father than I to Hercules" [Hamlet].
#19. Imitation. -- N. imitation; copying &c. v.; transcription; repet.i.tion, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint.
mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation &c. 554; semblance; copy &c. 21; a.s.similation.
paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature &c. 21.
plagiarism; forgery, counterfeit &c. (falsehood) 544; celluloid.
imitator, echo, cuckoo, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime; copyist, copycat; plagiarist, pirate.
V. imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo, reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel.
mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate; act &c.
(drama) 599; represent &c. 554; counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque.
follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of; take pattern by; follow suit, follow the example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another"s book, strike in with, follow suit; take after, model after; emulate.
Adj. imitated &c. v.; mock, mimic; modelled after, molded on.
paraphrastic; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping, apish, mimicking.
Adv. literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim[Lat], sic, totidem verbis[Lat], word for word, mot a mot[Fr]; exactly, precisely.
Phr. like master like man; "like - but oh! how different!"
[Wordsworth]; "genius borrows n.o.bly" [Emerson]; "pursuing echoes calling "mong the rocks" [A. Coles]; "quotation confesses inferiority"
[Emerson]; "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery".
#20. Nonimitation. -- N. no imitation; originality; creativeness.
invention, creation.
Adj. unimitated[obs3], uncopied[obs3]; unmatched, unparalleled; inimitable &c. 13; unique, original; creative, inventive, untranslated; exceptional, rare, sui generis uncommon[Lat], unexampled.
#20a. Variation. -- N. variation; alteration &c. (change) 140.
modification, moods and tenses; discrepance[obs3], discrepancy.
divergency &c. 291[obs3]; deviation &c. 279; aberration; innovation.
V. vary &c. (change) 140; deviate &c. 279; diverge &c. 291; alternate, swerve.
Adj. varied &c. v.; modified; diversified &c. 16a.
#21. [Result of imitation.] Copy. -- N. copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness.
image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype[obs3], photo offset, electrotype; imitation &c. 19; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait &c. (representation) 554; resemblance.
duplicate, reproduction; cast, tracing; reflex, reflexion[Brit], reflection; shadow, echo.
transcript[copy into a non-visual form], transcription; recording, scan.
chip off the old block; reprint, new printing; rechauffe[Fr]; apograph[obs3], fair copy.
parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie[obs3], paraphrase.
[copy with some differences] derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision; second edition &c. (repet.i.tion) 104.
servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake &c.(deception) 545; pasticcio[obs3].
Adj. faithful; lifelike &c. (similar) 17; close, conscientious.
unoriginal, imitative, derivative.