# Difference between more like this and more like this field query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-more-like-this-and-more-like-this-field-query/15857>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 17, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-more-like-this-and-more-like-this-field-query/15857 "2014-02-17T19:50:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suman\_Gurung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Suman\_Gurung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suman_Gurung)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-more-like-this-and-more-like-this-field-query/15857/1 "2014-02-17T19:50:09Z")

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The query DSL has a couple of queries with its field version, i.e.,

1. fuzzy like this query and fuzzy like this field query
2. more like this query and more like this field query

I am interested to know the differences between the two versions. Apart  
from the payload, are there any differences in how elasticsearch executes  
the query?

Instead of using a field version of the query, can I just use the regular  
query api even for single field, like the following? Is the single field  
version just syntactic sugar?

{  
"query" : {  
"more\_like\_this": {  
"fields": ["title"],  
"like\_text": "foo bar"  
}  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![Binh\_Ly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@Binh\_Ly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-more-like-this-and-more-like-this-field-query/15857/2 "2014-02-18T16:17:53Z")

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You are correct - they both execute the same way (field vs non-field  
version). The only difference is a little syntactic convenience of single  
field vs multiple fields. As for single field, you can use either method.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-more-like-this-and-more-like-this-field-query/15857/3 "2017-07-06T01:49:24Z")

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