Resemblance
Pronunciation : Re*sem"blance (-blans)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.]
Definition : 1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden.
2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. Hooker.
3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn. -- Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913