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Sentence Transition Words for Similarity and Difference
TITLE
Introduction
Body, 1st paragraph ---- Compare ---- Similarities
Body, 2nd paragraph ---- Contrast ---- Differences
Conclusion
Comparisons
Describing similarities and differences
Adjectives for Similarity and Difference
| SIMILARITY | DIFFERENCE |
| Use these comparative words to show similarity. | Use these comparative words to show difference. |
| The apples are the same. (pronoun) | The apple and the orange are different. (adj) |
| These apples are alike. (adj) | The apple and the orange are unalike / not alike. (adj) |
| The apples are similar. (adj) | The apple and the orange are dissimilar. (adj) |
| The apples ripen similarly. (adv) | The apple and the orange grow differently. (adv) |
| This apple is like that apple. (prep) | The apple is unlike the orange. (prep) |
Related page: Parallel Phrasing
Adjective Expressions for Similarity and Differences
| SIMILARITY | DIFFERENCE |
| Use the expressions below to show similarity: as…as, the same…as, like, etc. | Use the expressions below to show dissimilarity: not as…as, different…from, unlike, etc. |
| This apple is as red as that apple. idiom (adv - adv) | The apple is different from/ than the orange. (adj - conj) |
| This apple has the same flavor as that apple. (noun - adv) | This apple is not as sweet as this orange. (adv - adv) |
| This apple and the other apples are the same.* | The apple is more beautiful than the orange. (adj - conj) |
| This apple looks like that apple. (verb phrase) | The apple is much more beautiful than the orange. (adv - adj - conj) |
| This apple is similar to that apple. (adj - prep) | The apple grows on a tree unlike the tomato. (prep) |
| This apple is like that apple. (prep) | The apple is more like a pear than the orange. (prep) |
| This apple is just the same as that apple. (adv - pronoun - adv) | The skin of the apple contrasts to the skin of the orange. (verb - prep) |
| Both this apple and that one are sweet. (paired conjunction) | The orange in contrast to the lemon is sweet. |
| Neither this apple nor that one is sweet. (paired conjunction) | The orange is sweet in contrast to the lemon which is bitter. |
Also see: Both - and (neither nor) More than and the same as
*Same almost always occurs as the same in a comparison.
Sentence Transition Words for Similarity and Difference
| SIMILARITY | DIFFERENCE |
| Use a transition word (with a comma after it) to begin a sentence. The word functions to transition the reader from the thought in one sentence to a similar thought in the next. | Use a transition word (with a comma after it) to begin a sentence. The word functions to transition the reader from the thought in one sentence to a differing thought in the next. |
| This apple is tart. Similarly, this one is sour. (adverb phrase) | The apple is red. In contrast, the orange is orange. |
| This apple is tart. In the same way, this one is sour. | Some people think the apple is orange. On the contrary, the apple is red. (on the contrary = not true!) |
| That orange is delicious. Likewise, this apple is very flavorful. | While / Whereas the orange is high in fiber, the apple is not. (contrasts two items) |
| On the one hand the lemon is high in fiber, on the other hand it is too bitter to eat. (Use when discussing "both sides of the coin".) |
Also see: Contrasts - but / but still
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