Look like / seem like

As they stand (i.e., with no context), they are synonymous. Do you have a specific sentence that worries you?

Scientists in Hong Kong have created a manikin that ,in one way at least, seems like very human.

This is a sentence in a public exam. We have to find out a mistake there. It turns out that it should be "looks like", not "seems like".

Tks Mister Micawber.

That's indeed a mistake: in that structure, neither 'looks like' nor 'seems' like will work. Only this is possible: '...a manikin that...seems/looks very human.' (No 'like' is possible there.)

'Seems/Looks like' takes a clause, not a prepostional phrase:

It looks like / It seems like it's going to rain. ('Seems like' is very informal; 'looks

Now I understand.

Thank you very much. Mister Micawber.

When there is a difference, look is good when your eyes are involved in the observation, and seem is good in other cases:

He looks old.

English seems/appears difficult.

CB

Now I know.

Tks Cool Breeze.