Some examples: 1. "He is as happy as a pig in mud." 2. "He is happy, like a pig in mud." In 1., his level of happiness is the same as the level of happiness of a pig in mud. In 2., his happiness is similar/comparable to the happiness of a pig in mud. 3. "John does a good job as the doorman of our club." 4. "John does a good job, like the doorman of our club." In 3., John is the doorman of our club, and in that capacity, John does a good job. In 4., John is not the doorman of our club, but John does a good job, and the doorman of our club also does a good job, and I am comparing what a good job John does to the good job that the doorman does. 5. "He ran fast as lightning." 6. "He ran like lightning." In 5., he ran at the same speed as lightning. Native speakers would say this, but it may be better to say "He ran as fast as lightning." In 6., he ran in a similar way to the way that lightning travels, and you can infer that this means at a similar speed, because speed is the most obviously characteristic property of lightning.

Hola Adriana, Aquí un ejemplo por “like” ….I like to play tennis or I like to go to the beach. Usamos la palabra como decir, me gusta jugar al tenis or me gusta ir a la playa.

Hi Adriana, like is used as a preposition, telling where, when or how the noun in the sentence is doing whatever it may be doing. As is used as a conjunction, joining two clauses. I hope this will help. Have a great day ahead😊

Hi Adriana, I’m assuming you mean in the context of comparing two things in similes. In both cases it means “como.” Here is one example for each. For like: You are fast like a cheetah. Eres rapido como un cheetah. For as: He is as tall as a tower. El es tan alto como una torre. They have similar uses as you can see. Hope this helps.