【Like】 ,  【alike】 ,  【similar】 ,  【analogous】 ,  【comparable】 ,  【akin】 ,  【parallel】 ,  【uniform】 ,  【identical】  are 【comparable】 though seldom strictly synonymous terms which describe the relation between things or persons that closely resemble each other.

【Like】 is a general word indicating resemblance or similarity ranging from virtual identity in all characteristics to a chance resemblance in only one.

【Alike】  is 【similar】 to  【like】 but is less likely to be used for the chance, farfetched resemblance and is generally limited to use in a predicate or postposed situation after a compounded substantive modified.

【Similar】 often stresses the likenesses between different things, implying that differences may be overlooked or ignored for a time.

【Analogous】 calls attention to the presence of some likeness which makes it feasible or permissible to draw from it an analogy, a sustained or appropriate comparison.

【Comparable】 implies a likeness on one point or a limited number of points which permits a limited or casual comparison or matching together. The word is especially likely to be used in connection with considerations of merit, standing, rank, or power.

【Akin】 , limited to use in postpositive situations, indicates an essential likeness, often of the sort of likeness found in kinship or suggestive of common descent from an original ancestor, prototype, or ancestral stock.

【Parallel】 stresses the fact of similarities over a course of development throughout a history or account or the fact of resemblances or likenesses permitting a setting or bracketing together as though side by side.

【Uniform】 suggests a likeness and similarity throughout and a lack of noticeable variation wherever things in question occur or operate.

【Identical】 indicates either the fact of being the same person or thing or, in connection with things copied, reproduced, or repeated, an exact correspondence without detectable or significant difference.