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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Metaphor VS analogy

Is it correct to say that 'metaphor' is a type of 'analogy'?
  

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This one gave me pause, but, I guess, one could say that. " In that metaphor, one is comparing the fierceness of Richard in battle to the fierceness of a lion in battle. That's my take on it.

— Sam1947

  • This one gave me pause, but, I guess, one could say that.
  • " In that metaphor, one is comparing the fierceness of Richard in battle to the fierceness of a lion in battle.
  • That's my take on it.
  • I'll be interested to see what others say about this.
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This one gave me pause, but, I guess, one could say that. Although in metaphor, one is comparing unlike things, one is doing it because of what one finds similar in the unlike things, such as "King Richard was known as the lionheart because he was like a lion in battle." In that metaphor, one is comparing the fierceness of Richard in battle to the fierceness of a lion in battle.

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Somehow yes! but,

'An analogy is not a simile or a metaphor'

Simile and metaphor are like a short comparison between two things. Unlike them, an analogy is used to compare two things in an extended manner. It compares by elaborating the characteristics of things to

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