All the Same: simil, simul

It had been entertaining and fascinating to find here on Gethen governments so similar to those in the ancient histories of Terra: a monarchy, and a genuine full-blown bureaucracy. The Left Hand of Darkness

She and Neda were only a few years apart in age, and even though their personalities were wildly dissimilar, they were inseparable. Americanized

For added verisimilitude, he has included lyrics about historical events that are mentioned to have happened in both timelines, King’s and ours.Time

People are willing to accept you if they see you as an outsider trying to assimilate into their world. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

U.S. policy toward the tribes shifted from containment to forced assimilation, and officials increasingly tried to turn the Osage into churchgoing, English-speaking, fully clothed tillers of the soil. Killers of the Flower Moon

Notably, Brenner and Jacob later discovered the messenger RNA was a facsimile of the DNA chain—a copy made from the original. The Gene

His story was written to expose the war in Bosnia and its similarity to the Holocaust. The Freedom Writers Diary

“It’s a simile. I didn’t say you were a goat, I said you smell like a goat. Didn’t you learn anything in English class?” Summer of the Mariposas

Bach could layer three, four, five or even six simultaneous parts on top of each other, all using variants of the basic theme. The Story of Music

A garden is thus both natural and artificial, and it is both of these things entirely and simultaneously. The Invention of Science

She used adult words and simulated, insofar as she was able, adult attitudes and emotions. East of Eden

In this week’s episode, the simulacrum gives a scary demonstration that he is not merely human.The Guardian

You sit inside the cockpit of the simulator, which looks exactly like the real spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story

Overhead, stars are winking one by one into existence—real stars, not a virtual simulation. Warcross