analogized
Made a comparison
Analogized is the past tense of analogize, meaning to draw an analogy or make a comparison between two things: She analogized the brain to a computer.
The word appears most often in academic or analytical contexts where someone explains one concept by likening it to another: Critics analogized the administration's policies to those of the previous regime.
Assessment of similarities
- likenedCompared to something similar
- equatedConsidered to be equivalent
- paralleledRan an equivalent course
- correlatedMutually related statistically
matched · juxtaposed · contrasted · related · associated · connected · aligned · corresponded
Shown with images
- clarifiedMade understandable
- elucidatedMade something understandable
- demonstratedShowed or proved something
- exemplifiedShowed by instance
simplified · translated · interpreted · conveyed · described · articulated · expounded · contextualized
Concluded from indirect evidence
- extrapolatedInferred beyond known data
- deducedReached by reasoning
- concludedBrought to completion
- reasonedDerived through careful thought
hypothesized · theorized · generalized · abstracted · applied · transferred · extended · projected
comparison
Assessment of similarities
- likenedCompared to something similar
- equatedConsidered to be equivalent
- paralleledRan an equivalent course
correlated · matched · juxtaposed · contrasted · related · associated · connected · aligned · corresponded · mirrored
illustrated
Shown with images
- clarifiedMade understandable
- elucidatedMade something understandable
- demonstratedShowed or proved something
exemplified · simplified · translated · interpreted · conveyed · described · articulated · expounded · contextualized · paraphrased
inferred
Concluded from indirect evidence
- extrapolatedInferred beyond known data
- deducedReached by reasoning
- concludedBrought to completion
reasoned · hypothesized · theorized · generalized · abstracted · applied · transferred · extended · projected · derived
analogizeddifferentiated
Made unlike others
distinguished · contrasted · particularized · literalized · specified
analogizeddisassociated
Split off from awareness
disconnected · separated · segregated · compartmentalized · dissimilated