～と同じで・と違って・と並んで: “X is Similar/Different/Comparable to…”

Introduction

I've heard you loud and clear: there haven't been enough lessons that use the と particle lately. And since I am both benevolent and kind, I've gone ahead and made this one alllll about the と particle.

(Well, really the important bits come after と, but hey, whaddaya gonna do.)

～と(同おなじで・違ちがって・並ならんで): To be similar, to be different, to be... or not be?

構成こうせい

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  Nounと（同おなじで・違ちがって・並ならんで)
  Example:
  → 我々われわれと違ちがって、頭あたまが三みっつある生いき物ものだ。
  "Unlike us, they're beings that have three heads.”

Today's lesson is all about the main pattern「Noun + と + (verb)」, where the verbs in question are 「同おなじ・違ちがう・並ならぶ」. We can use this main pattern to express the following: