draw/make an analogy between
idiom
: to compare so as to find a likeness
He drew/made an analogy between flying a kite and fishing.
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Indeed, soon after ChatGPT exploded onto the scene in 2022, members of the AI community began to draw an analogy between today’s LLMs and a major component of traditional computers that owes a debt to open-source software: the operating system.
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Jared Dunnmon, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2025
While you may be tempted to draw an analogy between the Great Dying and today’s warming climate, there are significant differences.
—New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
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Jared Dunnmon, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2025
While you may be tempted to draw an analogy between the Great Dying and today’s warming climate, there are significant differences.
—New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
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