Thread: I need Help About These Words

Hello,

In the dictionary the words below are all corresponds to the word "like" in English. But what they exactly mean? In which contexts it is right to use them? It is a like meaning "to like something" or it is a like meaning "She looks like a model"?

What is the difference between these words? Thanks alot

вроде : like, such as
подобно : like
словно : like
наподобие : like
Как: like

Originally Posted by impulse

Hello,

In the dictionary the words below are all corresponds to the word "like" in English. But what they exactly mean? In which contexts it is right to use them? It is a like meaning "to like something" or it is a like meaning "She looks like a model"?

What is the difference between these words? Thanks alot

вроде : like, such as
подобно : like
словно : like
наподобие : like
Как: like

All of them are synonyms. But:


1. Подобно, словно, как = literally "just like", similarity with smth is 99% or so

Она выглядит подобно модели (Она подобна модели)
Она выглядит словно модель (Она словно модель)
Она выглядит как модель (Она как модель)


2. Наподобие, Вроде = sort of (not clear similarity, but consisting some features of the well known group)

Она наподобие тех модниц, проводящих много времени в ночных клубах.
Она вроде тех модниц, проводящих много времени в ночных клубах.

I might be wrong, since this is the first idea I got.

И не забывайте про будто / как будто

Вид у него был такой, будто он проспал двое суток.

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