RESEMBLANCE

resemblance

(noun) similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

resemblance (countable and uncountable, plural resemblances)

The quality or state of resembling

Synonyms: likeness, similitude, similarity

That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.

A comparison; a simile.

Probability; verisimilitude.

Synonyms

• likeness

Source: Wiktionary

Re*sem"blance (-blans), n. Etym: [Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.]

1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden.

2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. Hooker.

3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn.

– Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition