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# dissimilar

«dissimilar» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not the same; different from each other** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not the same; different from each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissimilar/#m1)

2) «Not dissimilar» means quite similar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissimilar/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths, dissimilar things are compared and contrasted; in maths, dissimilar shapes do not have the same proportions; in English, «not dissimilar» is a polite way of saying alike; phrases: «dissimilar to», «not dissimilar».

### examples

- The two sisters are very dissimilar: one is loud, one is quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissimilar/#x1)
- A bat and a bird are dissimilar in many ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissimilar/#x2)
- The twins wore dissimilar hats so we could tell them apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissimilar/#x3)
- Her answer was not dissimilar to mine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissimilar/#x4)
- Dissimilar triangles have different angles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissimilar/#x5)
- The two rocks look dissimilar under the microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissimilar/#x6)

### note

Double s. Followed by «to» or «from». Opposite: similar. More formal than «different».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dissimilar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissimilar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.