Analogous
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—often followed by to.
Similar
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.of triangles, etc., having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional (the same shape, but possibly different size).
Example sentence: Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.