{
  "id": "similar.comparative",
  "term": "similar",
  "sense": "comparative",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 2,
  "arena": "similar",
  "domain": "everyday-adjective",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "when the pattern of one thing is the same as the pattern of another thing",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "pattern.regularity",
      "difference.relation"
    ],
    "interaction": "the pattern.regularity of the two things aligns, removing the difference.relation between them",
    "novel_properties": [
      "shared pattern",
      "mutual correspondence",
      "absence of difference"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The orbital resonance of Pluto and Neptune maintains a 3:2 ratio, preventing collision despite crossing paths.",
      "domain": "astronomy"
    },
    {
      "text": "The branching structure of river deltas mirrors the vascular networks in mammalian lungs.",
      "domain": "geography"
    },
    {
      "text": "The codebase of Linux distributions shares architectural patterns with the original Unix system from 1970.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "like.similarity",
      "note": "is-a this kind of likeness",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "difference.relation",
      "note": "contrasts with difference",
      "type": "contrasts-with"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "association.relation",
    "copy.replication",
    "symmetry-versus-regularity-licence.licence",
    "the-compression-claim.assertion"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "similar",
    "similarly"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-similar.comparative"
}