I'm aware that self-similarity is a form of symmetry, however I'm interested in getting a more in depth explanation of the relationship.
Could you consider symmetry to be a form of self-similarity?
(Yes, the two definitions are nearly equivalent)
What's the difference between self-similarity and symmetry?
(Symmetry can refer to any preserved property while self-similarity refers to the whole being encoded in the fundamentals)
(1) things in parentheses are my guesses at the answer
I'm interested in a compare/contrast similar to the above so that I can better distinguish self-similarity from symmetry.