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Synonyms & Antonyms of analogy
1
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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2
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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The first known use of analogy was in the 15th century
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