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Originally Posted by Omah
<pedant>A metaphor is a comparison that is made between things, which is not always likely or obvious.
However, the explicit use of the word 'like' or 'as' is not used in a metaphor which is rather a comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be". </pedant>
<pedant>analogy
the process of comparing one thing with another thing that has similar features in order to explain it </pedant>
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I meant simile, always get the two muddled (muphry's law)
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