What do you call it when one thing looks like another thing?

spitz@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 67 points –

For example, looking at a forest from overhead can reveal a pattern of a human face. Maybe that's not the best example but I can't think of any right now. There's a term for it, and there was a subreddit dedicated to such things.

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Deja View…..I’m kidding. I’m kidding.

Pareidolia is the right answer.

there was silhouwhat on reddit, I think. A portmanteau of "silhouette" and the exclamation, "what"

Seeing faces in different objects is called pareidolia, not sure if that’s what you’re looking for?

Yep that's exactly it. Cheers.