different between similar vs analog

English

Etymology

From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?m?l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?m?l?/

Adjective

similar (comparative more similar, superlative most similar)

1. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.

   • So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
2. (mathematics) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of rotations, translations and scalings.

Synonyms

• (with common characteristics): akin, alike, comparable, identical, same, twin

Antonyms

• (alike): different, unlike, dissimilar

Derived terms

• similarity
• similarly
• similarness

Related terms

Translations

Noun

similar (plural similars)

1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
2. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

Further reading

• similar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• similar in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin simil?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /si.mi?la/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /si.mi?lar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /si.mi?la?/

Adjective

similar (masculine and feminine plural similars)

1. similar

   Synonym: semblant

Related terms

• similitud

Further reading

• “similar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?.mi.?la?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.mi.?la(?)/
• Hyphenation: si?mi?lar

Adjective

similar m or f (plural similares, comparable)

1. similar (having traits or characteristics in common)

   Synonyms: parecido, semelhante

Romanian

Etymology

From French similaire

Adjective

similar m or n (feminine singular similar?, masculine plural similari, feminine and neuter plural similare)

1. similar

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /simi?la?/, [si.mi?la?]
• Hyphenation: si?mi?lar

Adjective

similar (plural similares)

1. similar

   Synonyms: semejante, parecido, símil (rare)

   Antonyms: desemejante, desigual, diferente, disímil, dispar, disparejo, diverso

Related terms

• similitud

Further reading

• “similar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• analogue (Commonwealth)

Etymology

Early 19th century; from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ???????? (análogos, “proportionate”), from ??? (aná, “up to”) + ????? (lógos, “ratio”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.l??/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.l??/

Adjective

analog (not comparable)

1. (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)

Antonyms

• digital
• discrete

Derived terms

• analog circuit
• analog computer
• analog meter

Translations

Noun

analog (plural analogs)

1. (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else
2. (countable, biology) an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin
3. (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element

Related terms

• homolog
• analogy
• homology
• superanalog

Descendants

• ? Irish: analóg

Translations

Related terms

• analogetic
• analogical
• analogous

Anagrams

• Algona, Angola, agonal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?analok]

Noun

analog m

1. analog, analogue (something that bears an analogy to something else)
2. (chemistry) analog, analogue (structural derivative of a parent compound)

Related terms

German

Etymology

French analogue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ana?lo?k/

Adjective

analog (not comparable)

1. (formal) analogous

   Synonyms: ähnlich, vergleichbar, gleichartig

2. (physics, computing) analog

   Antonym: digital

3. (colloquial) material, not electronic or computerised

   Synonym: materiell

Declension

Synonyms

• analogisch

Further reading

• “analog” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analogue (UK) or analog (US)

References

• “analog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analog (US) or analogue (UK)

References

• “analog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French analogue, from Ancient Greek ???????? (análogos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?na.l?k/

Noun

analog m inan

1. analog (something that bears an analogy)
2. (chemistry) analog (structural derivative)
3. (colloquial, music) phonograph record

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) analogowy

Related terms

• (adverb) analogowo

Further reading

• analog in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• analog in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French analogue, from Latin analogus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na?lo?/

Adjective

analog m or n (feminine singular analoag?, masculine plural analogi, feminine and neuter plural analoage)

1. analogue (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

ana- +? -log

Adjective

analog

1. analogue

Declension

Antonyms

• digital

Anagrams

• Angola