Analogy

Quick meaning: Analogy is a noun meaning (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.

Meaning

(geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.

More Meanings

1. A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
2. (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.

Example Sentences

A kid living on the street is a bit like — and please pardon the analogy here — a weed.

Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love.

Is there any analogy, in certain constitutions, between keeping an umbrella up, and keeping the spirits up?

The old analogy likening the human mind to an imperfect mirror, which modifies the images it reflects, occurred more than once to Odo.

Word Forms

• analogies

Synonyms for analogy

Depending on context, synonyms include simulation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include simulation, comparison, similarity, example, metaphor, parallel.

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