likeness vs reflection

reflection vs likeness

likeness and reflection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
likeness	Yes	No	No	No
reflection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reflection is a hyponym of likeness; that is, reflection is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than likeness:

likeness: similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
reflection: a likeness in which left and right are reversed

Other hyponyms of likeness include comparability, compare, comparison, equivalence, mirror image, reflexion, naturalness, resemblance, spitting image.

likeness (noun)	reflection (noun)
picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing	the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things	the ability to reflect beams or rays
	a likeness in which left and right are reversed
	a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
	a remark expressing careful consideration
	expression without words
	the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
	(mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed

Difference between likeness and reflection

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