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Like

Like can mean two things.

Like can be used as a connective to compare the similarities of two objects. For example,

• "This cheese sandwich tastes like rubber."
• "Jenny is like an angel."

In the first example, the sentence is implying a similarity of the taste of a cheese sandwich to the taste of rubber. In the second example, the sentence is implying a similarity of a person named Jenny to an angel.

As works similarly - comparing using either like or as is called a simile. It may be better to use the word "as" for this to avoid confusion with another use for "like", which is to show affection for something or someone. For example,

• "I like my house."
• "I like Sophia"

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