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similarity on Wiktionary

“duck typing - determining the properties of a type, often in a template when choosing what algorithms to use with objects of that type, based solely on the syntactic interface it supports. As this approach has no way to check for or enforce semantic requirements, it must rely on the aphorism, “If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it must be a duck.” friend ’11 (1052)” (EMCppSfe 2021)

Snippet from Wikipedia: Resemblance

Resemblance may refer to:

• Similarity (philosophy), or resemblance, a relation between objects that constitutes how much these objects are alike
• Family resemblance (anthropology), physical similarities shared between close relatives
• Family resemblance, a philosophical idea made popular by Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Resemblance (fiqh), or imitation (tashabbuh), where a Muslim might resemble certain non-believers or sinners