The difference between looks and looks

First of all, let's take a look at the general meaning of look and look like:

Look: Part of speech is a verb, which refers to seeing with eyes or perceiving through vision.

Appearance: Part of speech is a verb phrase, indicating appearance, appearance, etc. Be similar to someone or something.

Let's know the meaning, pronunciation and usage of look and look like through the following table.

Next, let's look at the difference between look and look like:

1. Meaning: look refers to visual perception, and look like refers to appearance or similarity of appearance.

Example:

-He looks tall.

He looks tall. )

The statue looks like a lion.

The statue looks like a lion. )

2. Grammatical structure: look is a single verb, while look like is a verb phrase.

Example:

-You look tired.

You look tired. )

-She looks young.

She looks very young. )

3. usage: look can be used to describe appearance, expression, eyes, etc. Look like is mainly used to describe the similarity of appearance.

Example:

-He looks happy.

He looks very happy. )

-This man looks like my friend.

This man looks like my friend. )

4. negative form: the negative form of look is Don' t/Didi not look, and the negative form of look like is no /Didi look.

Example:

-He looks unhappy.

He looks unhappy. )

-This house doesn't look like a museum.

This house doesn't look like a museum. )