more similar to vs very similar to

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'More similar to' is used when comparing two things to show a higher degree of similarity, while 'very similar to' is used to emphasize a strong similarity between two things.

Last updated: March 22, 2024

more similar to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to compare two things and show a higher degree of similarity.

Use 'more similar to' when comparing two things and wanting to emphasize a higher level of similarity between them.

Examples:

This dress is more similar to the one she wore last week.
The new model is more similar to the previous one than we expected.
The two paintings are more similar to each other than we thought.

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It was alleged that the Algerian production process is more similar to the one in Ukraine.
Fourthly, it was claimed that a country with a level of economic development more similar to that of the PRC would constitute a more appropriate analogue country than the USA.
Some interested parties alleged, although without substantiating their claim, that Russian and Algerian production processes are more similar to the ones in Belarus and Ukraine.
There were no apparent distortions of the Turkish market of penta and the production process and raw materials used by the Turkish producer are more similar to those of the Chinese and Ukrainian exporting producers.
In general, the skin of rats and rabbits is more permeable than that of humans, whereas the skin permeability of guinea pigs and monkeys is more similar to that of humans.
Departing from the lines, I decided to tackle the idea of points, like which is more similar to the type of representation that we find in photographs themselves.
It'll be more similar to a space walk.
In this respect, the USA is more similar to Ukraine than Algeria.
It was more similar to the situation which I experienced on 11 September 1973 in Santiago, Chile, when Pinochet's coup d' état took place.
Actually, they were once believed to be in the bloodline of werewolves, but in fact, they are more similar to demons.
There was also no reason to believe that the access to raw materials, costs and other conditions of production in Taiwan or Mexico would be more similar to those in the PRC than they are in Brazil.
They claim that the WACC figures are related to vertically integrated operators, while GNA is only investing into a passive network, which is more similar to an infrastructure investment for which lower rates of returns are generally required by investors.
But today, many passengers - more than half of them - travel with tickets that cannot be cancelled, so this issue is more similar to any other commercial transaction.
Maybe we could look at that to be more similar to the falling of the Berlin Wall, where a divide that had kept two types of people apart had collapsed and opened up a door for further communication.
On the contrary, GNA is only investing in the passive network, which has an expected economic lifetime of 30 years (or even more) and which is more similar to infrastructure investments from which, generally, lower rates of return are required by investors.
(22) One exporting producer objected to the choice of Brazil, arguing that the domestic market of GOES of the Czech Republic or Poland would be more similar to the Russian market.
The rat is the most commonly used species, but hairless strains and species having skin absorption rates more similar to those of human, can also be used (3)(6)(7)(8)(9).
Deloitte argues that, in terms of capital intensity, DP's universal service is more similar to that of, for instance, UPS and Fedex than to that of freight operators like Kuehne&Nagel or Wincanton.
By their very nature, the way they act and the manufacturing techniques used, a large proportion of human tissue engineered products are more similar to medical devices than to drugs.
It is much more similar to either a demerger, a conversion of one legal entity to another, or to a municipality's separation of a given activity into a separate legal subject.

Alternatives:

closer to
resembling
bearing a greater resemblance to
sharing more similarities with
having more in common with

very similar to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to emphasize a strong similarity between two things.

Use 'very similar to' when you want to stress a high level of similarity between two things.