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idbehold on Sept 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Empty offices are becoming apartments in Texas’s b...

Interesting. What about the opposite? "Similar from" sounds incorrect to me. So why do we prefer "different from" and "similar to" vs. "different to" and "similar from"? Why is there any implicit directionality?

unlockextralarg on Sept 11, 2022 [–]

France is close to Germany but far from Canada.

Kefir is similar to yogurt but different from it.

You must conform to the law and not deviate from it.

josuepeq on Sept 11, 2022 | [–]

The citizens of Saint Pierre and Miquelon might disagree with the first line in your statement.

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