Just curious as to what the difference would be between these two sentences.

最近少し太っちゃったようだ。

最近少し太っちゃったみたいだ。

Thanks for your help again!

みたい comes off as more colloquial to me, but that's just a gut feeling. I've nothing whatsoever to back it up, sorry!

Overall, they're the same meaning. They just "feel" different. I'm sure someone else could answer it better XD;

I don't feel the need to translate the difference to English, nor think you should worry about.

みたいだ is more informal, more of a spoken word, and in formal writing ようだ should be used.

albion Wrote:みたいだ is more informal, more of a spoken word, and in formal writing ようだ should be used.

This.

mentat_kgs Wrote:I don't feel the need to translate the difference to English, nor think you should worry about.

Perhaps cloudstrife543 would accept an explanation in Japanese if you insist.

According to Jim Breen, 「みたいだ」 is colloquial whereas 「ようだ」 isn't.

Quite an important difference I'd say.