Definitions For Analogy

noun

• Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
• An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
• The religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
• A comparison of two things based on their being alike in some way
• The act of comparing two things that are alike in some way