Today's Vocabularly Enhancing Word:
Isomorphic: being of identical or similar form, shape, or structure--but of different ancestry, genetic constitution, or chemical constitution.
Examples: while both crystals can be clear and attractive, diamonds and quartz crystals are not isomorphic because diamonds have many more facets.
Doberman Pinschers and Miniature Pinschers are isomorphic in general appearance but are actually different breeds.
(sources: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/isomorphic, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary, Lippincott & Crowell Publishers, 1980)
Have a nice day, Trish.
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