does a meetaphore use like or as?

Question

i know metaphors and similes compare, but which oner uses like and which one uses as?

Answer 1

Similes use as only:(e.g.) as fit as a fiddle

metaphores use like. (no e.g.)

just read the sentence and-snap-you'll understand.

Answer 2

Metaphors do not use like or as when comparing. For ex: Your voice is crystal clear.

On the other hand similes do use like or as. Ex: Your eyes glitter LIKE precious jewels.

Answer 3

Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles."

Simile: a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "My love is like a red, red rose, newly sprung in spring."

Answer 4

simile uses like or as

Answer 5

simile uses like or as

metaphor:
u are a tree

simile:
u are like a tree
u are as tall as a tree

Answer 6

neither, a simile uses like or as.

Answer 7

Similes use 'like' or 'as'.
She was as cool as a cucumber.
The sea was like a roaring lion.

Metaphors state that something IS something else.
The sea was a roaring lion (not just LIKE a roaring lion).

Answer 8

Similes do.

Answer 9

Similies

Answer 10

you don't use any of them ,Because it is Metophor ..you comprare two things without useing like or as.A simle , ais a where u compare two things using like or as.