Analogies are comparisons between two things that are not actually similar. They can be helpful in understanding something, or they can be used to make a point.
The teacher drew analogies between math and English in order to make the concepts more clear.
The teacher used analogies to compare the Revolutionary War to World War II.
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the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
Synonyms:
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an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
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drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
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Similar analogy can be seen by the climatologist and the climate modelling.
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That was the point of the analogy.
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The analogy is not the basis for the belief.
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By analogy, are there different types of anticyclones
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It needs to revamp the analogy of racism.
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It was analogous in form to the Council of the North.
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I like the analogy of the dresser.
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In the analogy, Avon Barksdale is the king.
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It is analogous to the blat of the Soviet Union.
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It is analogous to the retardation factor of chromatography.