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Analogy vs. Antonym — What's the Difference?

Analogy vs. Antonym — What's the Difference?

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Analogy

Analogy (from Greek ἀναλογία, analogia, "proportion", from ana- "upon, according to" [also "against", "anew"] + logos "ratio" [also "word, speech, reckoning"]) is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject (the analog, or source) to another (the target), or a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an inference or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction, in which at least one of the premises, or the conclusion, is general rather than particular in nature.

Antonym

A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word
The word "wet" is an antonym of the word "dry.".

Analogy

A comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
He interprets logical functions by analogy with machines
An analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies

Antonym

(semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
“rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”

Analogy

A similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar
Sees an analogy between viral infection and the spread of ideas.
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Antonym

A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.

Analogy

A comparison based on such similarity
Made an analogy between love and a fever.

Antonym

A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; - used as a correlative of synonym.

Analogy

(Biology) Correspondence in function or position between organs of dissimilar evolutionary origin or structure.

Antonym

Two words that express opposing concepts;
To him the opposite of gay was depressed

Analogy

A form of reasoning based on the assumption that if two things are known to be alike in some respects, then they are probably alike in other respects.

Analogy

(Linguistics) The process by which words or morphemes are re-formed or created on the model of existing grammatical patterns in a language, often leading to greater regularity in paradigms, as evidenced by helped replacing holp and holpen as the past tense and past participle of help on the model of verbs such as yelp, yelped, yelped.

Analogy

A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.

Analogy

(geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.

Analogy

(grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.

Analogy

A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

Analogy

A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.

Analogy

Proportion; equality of ratios.

Analogy

Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.

Analogy

An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

Analogy

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

Analogy

The religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate

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