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Parallelism vs. Analogy — What's the Difference?

Parallelism vs. Analogy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Parallelism and Analogy

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Parallelism

The quality or condition of being parallel.

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.

Parallelism

Correspondence or similarity.

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

Parallelism

(Grammar) The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases.
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Analogy

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

Parallelism

(Philosophy) The doctrine that to every mental change there corresponds a concomitant but causally unconnected physical alteration.

Analogy

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

Parallelism

The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.

Analogy

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

Parallelism

The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.

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.

Parallelism

A parallel position; the relation of parallels.

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.

Parallelism

The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.

Analogy

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

Parallelism

(philosophy) The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind.

Analogy

(geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.

Parallelism

(legal) In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so.

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.

Parallelism

(biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.

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.

Parallelism

(computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.

Analogy

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

Parallelism

The quality or state of being parallel.

Analogy

Proportion; equality of ratios.

Parallelism

Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
A close parallelism of thought and incident.

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.

Parallelism

Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: -At her feet he bowed, he fell:Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.

Analogy

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

Parallelism

Similarity by virtue of correspondence

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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