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likewise vs ditto

Both 'likewise' and 'ditto' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Likewise' is used to express agreement or similarity, while 'ditto' is used informally to mean 'the same as previously mentioned'. They are not interchangeable.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 1209 views

likewise

The word 'likewise' is correct and commonly used in English to express agreement or similarity.

Use 'likewise' to show agreement or similarity with something that has just been said. It can be used as a response to a statement or as a way to say that you feel the same way.

Examples:

I enjoyed the movie. -Likewise!
She is a talented singer, and likewise, a great dancer.

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4 days ago ... The meaning of LIKEWISE is in like manner : similarly. How to use likewise in a sentence.
7 days ago ... likewise | American Dictionary ... in the same way or manner; similarly: We put up a fence, and other neighbors did likewise.
May 9, 2013 ... likewise (adv.) mid-15c., from the phrase in like wise "in the same manner" (mid-15c.), from ...

Alternatives:

similarly
also
in the same way
in addition

ditto

The word 'ditto' is correct but is more informal. It is used to mean 'the same as previously mentioned'.

Use 'ditto' informally to mean 'the same as previously mentioned'. It is often used in lists or informal conversations to avoid repetition.

Examples:

I love ice cream. -Ditto!
She likes pizza, and ditto for me.

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Nephew of Christian Filippini, ditto plus assault and robbery.
4 South, 18 West, ditto.
Ditto hotels. Everything's booked.
Ditto bed one, who has hypochondria and not a giant tumor growing in her head.
You say "ditto." That's not the same.
Ditto on the whole leader of a werewolf army thing.
Ditto with the line of Peter Grey cookware.
Ditto a nurse and some never left, Sam.
Ditto on her data and cell plan since Monday.
And then Demi Moore says to him, "Ditto."
Unless ditto the above.
I know what ditto means.
Ditto that in the... rotunda.
Ditto for Anna Webster.
Ditto to you too at the mother-daughter banquet tonight.
Tier five passage way clear, Pilot, ditto Zhaan and Rygel's quarters, checking mine now.
Officer L.A. Wray, ditto.
Nancy and Jamie will go to Dr. Constantine for help, ditto.
And then Crowley will watch his son die - ditto - and then the king himself.
If I nail this, then, you know, ditto.

Alternatives:

the same
as well
similarly
likewise

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