Words Like ANALOGY
We have put together a list of words that are similar to ANALOGY.
4 Alternative Words Similar to analogy
1 examples of analogy
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the models show by analogy how matter is built up
9 definitions of analogy
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In mathematics, an equation between ratios.
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An agreement, likeness, or proportion between the relations of things to one another; hence, often, agreement or likeness of things themselves.
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Specifically In logic, a form of reasoning in which, from the similarity of two or more things in certain particulars, their similarity in other particulars is inferred.
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In grammar, conformity to the spirit, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity as respects any of the characteristics of a language, as derivation, inflection, spelling, pronunciation, etc.
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In biology, resemblance without affinity; physiological or adaptive likeness between things morphologically or structurally unlike: the opposite of homology.
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A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
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an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
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drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
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the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate