Simile vs. Telugu — What's the Difference?

A simile () is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Similes differ from other metaphors by highlighting the similarities between two things using comparison words such as "like", "as", "so", or " than", while other metaphors create an implicit comparison (i.e.

A Dravidian language spoken in central India.

A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life" (Shakespeare).

A member of the Dravidian people who speak Telugu.

A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.

Of or relating to Telugu, its speakers, or their culture.

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.

A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.

A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

One of the people speaking the Telugu language.

Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.

A member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language

A Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu people in southeastern India