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It looks easy vs It seems easy

Both 'it looks easy' and 'it seems easy' are correct and commonly used in English. They are interchangeable and can be used to express the same opinion.
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It looks easy

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express the perception that something appears easy.

This phrase is used to convey the visual impression that something appears to be easy or simple.

Examples:

  • From the outside, it looks easy to solve.
  • It looks easy, but it's actually quite challenging.
  • The task looks easy at first glance.
  • It looks easy, child's play.
  • It looks easy, this, but it's not.
  • We may fail because from here it looks easy, but it's different from there.
  • My own dad made it look easy.
  • I just make it look easy.
  • But from the outside, you make it look easy.
  • Tango is hard, you just make it look easy.
  • I just make it look easy because I'm a genius.
  • The trick is making it look easy.
  • Willie, just remember what I told you, the secret is to make it look easy.
  • But from the outside, you make it look easy.
  • I know I make it look easy, but parenting is actually quite difficult.
  • I know there's like a gajillion movies that make it look easy.
  • You keep the rest of us safe and make it look easy.
  • Sure, I make it look easy.
  • I mean, I'm making it look easy.
  • The thing about Jackie chan is, he doesn't make it look easy... he shows you how hard it is.
  • Stronger, cleaner, crisper, makes it look easy.
  • You thought that was easy pumping that thing, didn't you? I made it look easy 'cause I'm a man.
  • He makes it look easy, doesn't he, Kelly?

Alternatives:

  • it appears easy
  • it seems simple
  • it gives the impression of being easy
  • it comes across as easy
  • it presents as easy

It seems easy

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to convey the perception that something appears easy.

This phrase is used to express the idea that something gives the impression of being easy or simple.

Examples:

  • It seems easy, but it's actually quite complex.
  • The task seems easy at first, but it gets harder.
  • It seems easy to understand.
  • It seems easy, but it's not.
  • You see us together, and you think, "it seems easy."
  • It seems easy question but some years ago I do not know how big are stars.
  • My husband never let me iron, though it seems easy.
  • - I know, but it seems easy to him.
  • Mr President, there are days when it seems easy to do one's job and other days when it is difficult to do one's job.
  • Grandma always made it seem so easy.
  • And Jillian made it seem so easy. I know.
  • You make it seem so easy.
  • It may seem easy but after a while it could drive you insane.
  • It seems very easy for him after all that he's done.
  • I've been trying to do this for so long, and you make it seem so easy.
  • But I guess when one's young, it seems very easy to distinguish between right and wrong.
  • It seems very easy to make grand statements about eEurope, but when it is a matter of an obligation to create concrete content for an eEurope, some Member States even oppose the Internet being mentioned.
  • - It seems like the easy way to do it.
  • It just... it seems like such easy money.
  • I know it may seem easy to be the big bad Salvatore, but soon, you'll find yourself lying in the middle of the road, pouring your heart out to a stranger, having an existential crisis.
  • It seems neither natural nor easy on the ear to call this the 'Euroregion Schleswig/Slesvig'.
  • Well, something about it just seems too easy.
  • On ceremonial or official occasions it always seems so easy to reach agreement on the general political intention of doing more for the environment.

Alternatives:

  • it looks easy
  • it appears easy
  • it gives the impression of being easy
  • it comes across as easy
  • it presents as easy

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