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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

What like

What is the difference between :
"What does it look like?"
and
"What is it like?"
  

Top answer

The first refers only to its visual appearance; the second refers to any similarity.

  • The first refers only to its visual appearance; the second refers to any similarity.
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The first refers only to its visual appearance; the second refers to any similarity.
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In addition to Mister Micawber's answer above, "what is it like?" and particularly "what's it like?" can be used to ask for someone's description or opinion of something.
Have a look here:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/like

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