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                    as in metaphor
                                                
              
          
                                                      a way of describing or explaining one thing by means of describing another with which it shares certain points or qualities                                       
              
                             The teacher used the analogy of a common pipeline to explain bandwidth on the Internet.                         
                
                                                                                      
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                    as in equivalent
                                                
              
          
                                                      resemblance in certain points or qualities between two or more otherwise unlike things                                       
              
                             The study made note of analogies between human and ape social behavior.                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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