dissimilarity

the quality or state of being different the effectiveness of a metaphor largely depends upon the superficial dissimilarity of the two things being compared Synonyms of dissimilarity contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, difference, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, otherness, unlikenessWords Related to dissimilarity deviance, divergence; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; change, modification, variation; conflict, discord, discordance, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, disunity, friction, strife; variability, variance; anomalousness, dichotomy, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalenceNear Antonyms of dissimilarity identicalness, identity; accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence, parallelism, similitude; equality, equivalence, equivalency; homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformityAntonyms of dissimilarity alikeness, analogousness, analogy, community, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity