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Question: Tell me what your dog's like?

Answer: Biscuits

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Question: Tell me what your dog likes?

Answer: Big, black and hairy

Are these questions and answers correct? I don't know the difference between like Emotion: love and like (similarity). I need explanation.
  

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Given the answers,the sentences are reversed. This is the correct pairing: Q. Tell me what your dog is like?

— Doctor D

  • Given the answers,the sentences are reversed.
  • This is the correct pairing: Q.
  • Tell me what your dog is like?
  • ["like" as an adverb, meaning "resemble" or "be described as"] A.
  • [It is] big, black, and hairy.
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Given the answers,the sentences are reversed. This is the correct pairing:

Q. Tell me what your dog is like? ["like" as an adverb, meaning "resemble" or "be described as"]
A. [It is] big, black, and hairy.

Q. Tell me what your dog likes? ["Like" as a verb, meaning "prefers" or "enjoys"]
A. [It likes] biscuits.

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Thank you. What is "look like" then? Is it similar to "is like"?
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Ask QuestionsTell me what your dog likes?
Tell me the thing(s) that your dog [likes (to eat) / enjoys (eating)]. What does your dog like? like is a verb.
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Tell me what your dog is [like / similar to]. / Describe your dog. / Tell me how your dog acts. What is
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