Use the noun simile when describing a comparison between two fundamentally different things, such as: "His voice was smooth, like butter in a warm pan."
A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.
Noun
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like'' or `as'')
n.
A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or
more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or
imaginative comparison.
Simile
A good swift simile, but something currish.
A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.
Usage Examples
I think the Cold War works as a great analogy or simile for different kinds of conflict. It's funny, when you look back at it, it's one of the last times that the boundaries were clear. Now, as we see on 'Homeland,' there are no clear boundaries and enemies.
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