Associations to the word «Resemblance»

Wiktionary

RESEMBLANCE, noun. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
RESEMBLANCE, noun. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
RESEMBLANCE, noun. A comparison; a simile.
RESEMBLANCE, noun. Probability; verisimilitude.

Dictionary definition

RESEMBLANCE, noun. Similarity in appearance or external or superficial details.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats