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In this paper, this problem will be solved from the perspective of similarity. Firstly, based on the similarity between vague information granules(VIGs), we proposed an uncertainty measure with strong distinguishing ability called rough vague similarity (RVS). Furthermore, by studying the multi-granularity rough approximations of a vague concept, we reveal the change rules of RVS with the changing granularities and conclude that the RVS between any two rough approximation spaces can degenerate to granularity measure and information measure. 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