Metaphor or Analogy
Apologies for this one (I know it's been discussed quite a lot) but I've read quite a few of the responses on the difference between an analogy and a metaphor and just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. Is it correct to say that both are forms of a comparison with the analogy being more along the line of analytical thinking and a metaphor more creative along the lines of lateral thinking? Sort of like the diagram below (not too literary so like diagrams!)
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Apologies for this one (I know it's been discussed quite a lot) but I've read quite a few of the responses on the difference between an analogy and a metaphor and just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. Is it correct to say that both are forms of a comparison with the analogy being more along the line of analytical thinking and a metaphor more creative along the lines of lateral thinking? Sort of like the diagram below (not too literary so like diagrams!)
metaphors analogy
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I thought a metaphor were a hyponoym of analogy, a specific kind of.
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Apologies for this one (I know it's been discussed quite a lot) but I've read quite a few of the responses on the difference between an analogy and a metaphor and just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. Is it correct to say that both are forms of a comparison with the analogy being more along the line of analytical thinking and a metaphor more creative along the lines of lateral thinking? Sort of like the diagram below (not too literary so like diagrams!)
metaphors analogy
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Apologies for this one (I know it's been discussed quite a lot) but I've read quite a few of the responses on the difference between an analogy and a metaphor and just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. Is it correct to say that both are forms of a comparison with the analogy being more along the line of analytical thinking and a metaphor more creative along the lines of lateral thinking? Sort of like the diagram below (not too literary so like diagrams!)
metaphors analogy
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I thought a metaphor were a hyponoym of analogy, a specific kind of.
– vectory
13 mins ago
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I thought a metaphor were a hyponoym of analogy, a specific kind of.
– vectory
13 mins ago
I thought a metaphor were a hyponoym of analogy, a specific kind of.
– vectory
13 mins ago
I thought a metaphor were a hyponoym of analogy, a specific kind of.
– vectory
13 mins ago
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I thought a metaphor were a hyponoym of analogy, a specific kind of.
– vectory
13 mins ago