English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
LIKENESS or LIKING?
I did that because of my ~likeness~ for her (nonstandard).
I did that because of my *liking* for her (standard).
I did that because of my *liking* to her (standard).
Liking is a feeling that you like someone or something; the fact of liking someone or something.
With the ~liking~, you can’t mistake them as siblings (nonstandard).
With the *likeness*, you can’t mistake them as siblings (standard).
If two things or people have a likeness to each other, they are similar to each other.
Put succinctly, liking describes affection; likeness describes resemblance.
GAB
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