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gunjan1208
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In some cases, yes.
"Unlike her sister, she was a blonde" works the same as (but with an opposite meaning to)
"Like her sister, she was a blonde"
The first one means that she was blonde, her sister was not; the second, both sisters were blonde.
There's another usage entirely for "like" where "unlike" is not used - e.g., "The flavor I like best is chocolate."
This is a different case entirely; "unlike" would never be used in a similar way - though "dislike" could be (it would be "the flavor I dislike the most is...")
And, there's the usage of "like" meaning "similar", e.g., "I want a bicycle like that one" - you'd never use "unlike" in that way either.
(There could be more - these are the ones we thought of right away - hope this help!!)
EssaySnark
