Difference between Twin and Similar

What is the difference between Twin and Similar?

Twin as an adjective is forming a pair of twins. while Similar as an adjective is having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.

Twin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Forming a pair of twins. Forming a matched pair.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To separate, divide. To split, part; to go away, depart. To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries). To give birth to twins.

Example sentence: All my grandchildren bake. On a Saturday, Annabel's boys, Louis and Toby, always bake. Louis makes a chocolate cake, Toby makes banana or lemon drizzle. They're 12 and 10, and they can do it totally on their own. My son's twin girls, Abby and Grace, are 14; they make birthday cakes and like to do it on their own with Mum out of the way.

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: The biotechnology wave is similar to the information technology wave of the 1980s and 1990s.

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