Analogue vs. Analogous — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Analogue and Analogous
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Analogue
Relating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position, voltage, etc.
Analogue signals
The information on a gramophone record is analogue
Analogous
Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy.
Analogue
A person or thing seen as comparable to another
The idea that the fertilized egg contains a miniature analogue of every adult structure
An interior analogue of the exterior world
Analogous
(Biology) Similar in function but not in structure and evolutionary origin.
Analogue
Variant of analog.
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Analogous
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion (often followed by "to".)
Analogue
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Analogous
(biology) Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.
Analogue
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Analogous
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; - often followed by to.
Analogous tendencies in arts and manners.
Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death.
Analogue
That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many.
Analogous
Similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar;
Brains and computers are often considered analogous
Surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat
Analogue
A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."
Analogous
Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin;
The wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous
The wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous
Analogue
An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.
Analogue
Something having the property of being analogous to something else
Analogue
Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input;
Analogue device
Linear amplifier
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