analogize
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To analogize is to draw a comparison between two things, highlighting similarities to explain or argue a point: She analogized the immune system to an army defending a castle.
The word often appears when someone extends a familiar concept to illuminate an unfamiliar one.
You can analogize something to or with something else.
Compare to another
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- juxtaposePlace together for contrast
- correlateShow mutual relationship
- contrastNotable difference between things
relate · equate · match · align · correspond · connect · associate · link
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- figurativeRepresenting through imagery
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- imageryVivid descriptive language
allusion · fable · personification · illustrate · represent · emblem · story · narrative
Conclusion reached through reasoning
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- inductionFormal admission process
- deductionConclusion from premises
- logicScience of valid reasoning
syllogism · abstraction · pattern recognition · transfer · generalization · hypothesis · model · framework
liken
Compare to another
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- juxtaposePlace together for contrast
- correlateShow mutual relationship
contrast · relate · equate · match · align · correspond · connect · associate · link · bridge
allegory
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- figurativeRepresenting through imagery
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
imagery · allusion · fable · personification · illustrate · represent · emblem · story · narrative · poetic
inference
Conclusion reached through reasoning
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- inductionFormal admission process
- deductionConclusion from premises
logic · syllogism · abstraction · pattern recognition · transfer · generalization · hypothesis · model · framework · heuristic
- writing verbsnarrate, describe, recount, chronicle, transcribe
analogizecontrast
Notable difference between things
differentiate · distinguish · discriminate · oppose · dissociate
- false analogiesIllogical likening of unlikes
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