"passing similarity" can be used in written English.
It is usually used to describe something that only superficially or temporarily resembles something else. For example, "The passing similarity between the two paintings was the only thing that caught my eye."
It also bears passing similarity to the sound big trucks make now when backing up.
The Satyam scandal bears only passing similarity to Enron, where top executives used a maze of special-purpose vehicles and related-party transactions to move liabilities off the company's balance sheet.
It's an approach that bears a passing similarity to the Bush re-election campaign's efforts to paint Mr. Kerry as an inveterate flip-flopper, a man without core or convictions who.
At long last, have you left no sense of responsibility?" There is more than a passing similarity between Joseph McCarthy and Ted Cruz, between McCarthyism and the Tea Party movement.
Duchamp revealed that this model of urinal wasn't even in production at the factory where he claimed to have picked it up; and that this artwork bore a more than passing similarity to the Elsa von Freadymaderinghoven readymade sculpture called God, both in appearance and concept.
PS4's user interface is customisable and bears more than a passing similarity to Windows 8.
There are more than passing similarities to that album in that that the songs manage to sound improvised without falling apart on the spot.
At times, this video shares more than passing similarities with the festival EDM that UR fans are certain to loath.
Truth be told, "A Young Doctor's Notebook" does bear a few passing similarities to "The Knick," though the Ovation show's drug-addicted doctor and matter-of-fact displays of guts pre-date those of the Showtime drama.
Note in passing the similarity between the multidimensionality of merit and that of intelligence.
We have shown that the previously reported similarity reduction methods may not eliminate highly similar peptides, i.e., peptides that share >80% sequence identity still pass the similarity test.
