A figurative
analogy
Analogy (from Greek ''analogia'', "proportion", from ''ana-'' "upon, according to" lso "against", "anew"+ ''logos'' "ratio" lso "word, speech, reckoning" is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject ( ...
is a
comparison about two things that are not alike but share only some common property. On the other hand, a literal analogy is about two things that are nearly exactly alike.
The two things compared in a figurative analogy are not obviously comparable in most respects.
s and
similes are two types of figurative analogies.
In the course of
analogical reasoning, figurative analogies become weak if the