1. Noun
A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.
2. Noun
A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.
3. Noun
Proportion; equality of ratios.
4. Noun
Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.
5. Noun
A comparison that helps explain an unfamiliar idea.
A comparison used to explain or reason about one thing through its similarity to another. State both the useful similarity and the limits of the comparison.
“The analogy is useful for illustration but does not establish equivalence.”
State both the useful similarity and the limits of the comparison
6. Noun
drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents an interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
7. Noun
an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
8. Noun
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
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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