Analogy

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Mục lục 1 Noun, plural -gies. 1.1 a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based 1.2 similarity or comparability 1.3 Biology . an analogous relationship. 1.4 Linguistics . 1.5 Logic . a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects. 2 Antonyms 2.1 noun 3 Synonyms 3.1 noun

Noun, plural -gies.

a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

the analogy between the heart and a pump.

similarity or comparability

I see no analogy between your problem and mine.

Biology . an analogous relationship.

Linguistics .

the process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language, as when shoon was re-formed as shoes, when -ize is added to nouns like winter to form verbs, or when a child says foots for feet.

a form resulting from such a process.

Logic . a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects.

Antonyms

noun

disagreement , dissimilarity , unlikeness

Synonyms

noun

affinity , alikeness , comparison , correlation , correspondence , equivalence , homology , likeness , metaphor , parallel , relation , relationship , resemblance , semblance , simile , similitudenotes:analogy is when two different things share characteristics that lead to a comparison between them; an analogue is one of the things compared , parallelism , similarity , similitude , uniformity , uniformness , agreement , congruence