Semblance VS resemblance

First is a bit archaic.

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They're not the same, semblance means 'appearance', and resemblance means 'similarity'.

Semblance is a situation or condition which is similar to what is wanted or expected, but is not exactly as hoped for.

Resemblance is when two people or things look like each other or are similar in some other way.

I don't know why but this posted twice and I can't delete it.

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AH020387They're not the same, semblance means 'appearance', and resemblance means 'similarity'.

Why did you post the question if you already knew the answer?

Because 'Louise' had a different answer than mine:

'Semblance is a situation or condition which is similar to what is wanted or expected, but is not exactly as hoped for.'

semblance is an apparent form of something.In reality it may or may not be true but resemblance is for sure in the way that the things being compared are alike in some respect

Simply put, Semblance is used to allude to what a situation or ploy is expected to look like

while resemblance is used to compare similarities between two known things