1. Noun
The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.
2. Noun
a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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