RESEMBLANCE definition and meaning

Where does the noun passing resemblance come from? The earliest known use of the noun passing resemblance is in the 1850s OED's earliest evidence for passing

Taken together, our findings suggest that visual resemblance forms a foundation for pictorial meaning, but that shared experiences promote the

resemblance a similarity between two people or things, especially in their appearance: There's a striking resemblance between Diane and her mother

resemblance resemblance · alikeness · analogy · carbon · clone · comparability · conformity · counterpart · double · facsimile · image · likeness · look-alike · parity