analogy

Letters that make analogy

a, o, g, l, n, y are letters that make 'analogy'

Words within analogy

log, AN, Gy, ana, analog, logy, anal, AL, Ana, Al, Na are words within 'analogy'


3 possible definitions for 'analogy'

Analogy as "an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others"

Under this definition, analogy is a noun and has the following properties:

analogy as a type

'analogy' can be a type of inference, illation.

Derivatives of analogy

analogous, analogist, analogize, analogise, analogical, correspondent are derivatives of 'analogy'.


Analogy as "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"

Under this definition, analogy is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

doctrine of analogy has the same meaning as analogy

Antonyms

apophatism, cataphatism have the opposite meaning of 'analogy'

analogy as a type

'analogy' can be a type of religious belief, faith, religion.


Analogy as "drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect"

Under this definition, analogy is a noun and has the following properties:

analogy as a type

'analogy' can be a type of comparison, comparing.

Derivatives of analogy

analogous, analogist, analogize, analogise, analogical, correspondent are derivatives of 'analogy'.

Example of analogy used within this context

"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"



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