ANALOGY

• (noun) drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect

  "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain", "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"

• (noun) an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

  She drew an analogy that if the fruit seller’s apples were sweet, so must be the oranges. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) 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

  synonyms : doctrine of analogy

  Medieval theorists studied the analogy between humans and God. -added by naila_inlas

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