Is there a difference between tamthil and tashbih?

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a difference between tamthil and tashbih?

The Shaykh:
There is no difference, but they say that the expression using tashbih is more eloquent, and therefore it is what was mentioned in the Qur'an. The expression using tamthil, or the expression negating tamthil, is more eloquent than the expression negating tashbih, because the negation of tamthil is what was mentioned in the Qur'an: "There is nothing like Him." Yes, but they say that tashbih is a way of expressing tamthil, otherwise tamthil is more precise. Yes.

The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, do you know?

The Shaykh:
If I say this thing is like that thing, it means it is like it in all matters. And if I say this thing resembles that thing, it means it resembles it, even if only in some aspects, even if it is the slightest resemblance. Yes. But if I say it is like it, it means it matches it in all matters. Yes.