likening
Saying something resembles
Likening is comparing one thing to another, pointing out similarity or resemblance: His likening of the economy to a house of cards alarmed investors.
The word functions as a noun form of the verb liken, capturing the act of drawing a comparison: Her constant likening of her boss to a dictator grew tiresome.
Representing through imagery
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
fable · conceit · personification · metonymy · synecdoche · allusion · trope · poetic
State of being alike
- alikenessState of being similar
- similitudeQuality of being alike
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- samenessState of being identical
comparability · kinship · closeness · approximation · semblance · correspondence · congruence · parity
Examining for differences
- equatingTreating as equivalent
- associatingMentally linking concepts
- relatingConcerning or connecting
- parallelingMoving in tandem
juxtaposing · contrasting · differentiating · distinguishing · evaluating · assessing · analyzing · weighing
Equidistant at all points
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- equivalenceState of being equal
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
transference · extrapolation · inference · abstraction · conceptualization · interrelation · proportionality · homology
figurative
Representing through imagery
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
parable · fable · conceit · personification · metonymy · synecdoche · allusion · trope · poetic · rhetorical
similarity
State of being alike
- alikenessState of being similar
- similitudeQuality of being alike
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
sameness · comparability · kinship · closeness · approximation · semblance · correspondence · congruence · parity · uniformity
comparing
Examining for differences
- equatingTreating as equivalent
- associatingMentally linking concepts
- relatingConcerning or connecting
paralleling · juxtaposing · contrasting · differentiating · distinguishing · evaluating · assessing · analyzing · weighing · measuring
parallel
Equidistant at all points
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- equivalenceState of being equal
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
mapping · transference · extrapolation · inference · abstraction · conceptualization · interrelation · proportionality · homology · congruity
likeningcontrasting
Showing striking differences
differentiating · distinguishing · dissociating · separating · opposing
like, likely, alike, unlike, liking, dislike, liked, likeness, likelihood