Learn English – resemble = look like… ??? = sounds like… ??? = smells like

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The verb resemble is typically used to denote similarity in appearance. We can thus replace this verb with "look like."

But does English have analogous single-word verbs for "sound like," "smell like," "taste like," and "feel like?"

EDIT: Yes, the broad definition of resemble (as commenters have wisely pointed out) includes, more generally, "having qualities similar to" or "seeming like," which would include the other senses. Is it truly used for all of them? And my question remains: are there analogous single-word verbs for the other senses?

Best Answer

Actually, you can say that such and such sound resembles something, for example:

"It resembles a train whistle, and with some imagination, the background ambient water sounds resemble a train moving down a track." news.discovery.com

The same is also true for smell like.

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