similar with or to

[Mehtab]

hi there.
I ve a question. I want to tell relieve and reduce are similar so Relieve is similar with (or to) Reduce. please help.
Thanks everybody

[Zhani]

similar to :)

[Mehtab]

Can you explain it in a sentence?:)

[Yankee]

Hi Mehtab

You can say "X is similar to Y".
You cannot say "similar with" in this case.

You can use either "to" or "with" this way, for example:

"I compared X with Y".
"I compared X to Y".
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