dissimilitude

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The dissimilitude of Sumatra and Java, separated by only a narrow channel, occurs to us, as well as that of Madagascar, but narrowly divided from the neighboring continent.

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

It only appertains to those conversant with their relations of dissimilitude or conformity to appreciate the possibility of realizing this system.

From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François)

On this voluntary recollection of ideas our faculty of reason depends, as it enables us to acquire an idea of the dissimilitude of any two ideas.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

That kindred subsisted between them was possible, notwithstanding this dissimilitude; but this circumstance contributed to envenom my suspicions.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

One was done while I was very unwell; the other in my health, which may account for their dissimilitude.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas