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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
analogous - analogic - analogical
Hi,
If you could comment on these three adjectives?
Some online dictionaries specify all the three, some only mention "analogous"....
A. Which of the following sentences sound ok to you?
(1) We had analogous problems last year.
(2) We had analogic problems last year.
(3) We had analogical problems last year.
B. Are there cases where these adjectives CANNOT be used interchangeably?
mus-te
If you could comment on these three adjectives?
Some online dictionaries specify all the three, some only mention "analogous"....
A. Which of the following sentences sound ok to you?
(1) We had analogous problems last year.
(2) We had analogic problems last year.
(3) We had analogical problems last year.
B. Are there cases where these adjectives CANNOT be used interchangeably?
mus-te
Top answer
I've never heard or read 2 or 3 in my life. Clive
- I've never heard or read 2 or 3 in my life.
- Clive
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Thanks for the reply, Clive!
What specifically looks unusual to you, the collocation "analogical problems"?
Or maybe even the bare adjective "analogical" looks wrong/uncommon to you?
Below is a list of online dictionaries that have an entry for "analogical":
What specifically looks unusual to you, the collocation "analogical problems"?
Or maybe even the bare adjective "analogical" looks wrong/uncommon to you?
Below is a list of online dictionaries that have an entry for "analogical":
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These are not interchangeable.
Analogous - having analogy, corresponding to each other, (similar, or alike)
Analogical - based on, involving or expressing an analogy (metaphorical)
Analogic -- I have not heard this one, but it seems like a shortened form of analogical.
In your example, only analogous works.
Analogous - having analogy, corresponding to each other, (similar, or alike)
Analogical - based on, involving or expressing an analogy (metaphorical)
Analogic -- I have not heard this one, but it seems like a shortened form of analogical.
In your example, only analogous works.
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As stated above these are not interchangeable adjectives.
Think of them in this sense:
Analogical = based on an analogy.
Analogous = having analogy (similarity/corresponding characteristics)
Analogical is typically used in terms of analogical reasoning (a type of inductive reasoning) or an analogical argument (typically in the legal sense). It means based o
Think of them in this sense:
Analogical = based on an analogy.
Analogous = having analogy (similarity/corresponding characteristics)
Analogical is typically used in terms of analogical reasoning (a type of inductive reasoning) or an analogical argument (typically in the legal sense). It means based o
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