what's the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Question

can you give me an example?
thanks.

Answer 1

Simile:
The river wound around the mountain like a ribbon.
She was as cool as a cucumber.

Metaphor:
The ribbon of water wound around the mountain.

Similes use 'like' or 'as...as' (as large as life, as fit as a fiddle, etc.)
Metaphors state that something actually IS something else, not just 'like' something else, i.e. the river was a ribbon, not just 'like' a ribbon.
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Answer 2

A simile is: a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as.

A Metaphor is: the expression of an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept, where there is some similarity or correlation between the two.

Metaphors differ from similes in that the two objects are not compared, but treated as identical:

Examples:
Simile: "The snow was like a blanket".

Metaphor: "After the argument, Dave was smoldering for days. "

Answer 3

A metaphor : The camel is the ship of the desert.
A simile : She has eyes like the blue of the sky.

The metaphor makes a positive statement but the simile only compares

Answer 4

"metaphor" as a determine of speech that makes use of one component to signify yet another and makes a assessment between the two. as an occasion, Shakespeare's line, "each and all of the international's a level," is a metaphor comparing the full international to a theater degree A simile, additionally referred to as an open assessment, is a type of metaphor that compares 2 numerous issues to create a clean meaning. yet a simile constantly makes use of "like" or "as" interior the word and is greater specific than a metaphor. as an occasion, Shakespeare's line must be rewritten as a simile to examine: "the international is nearly a level." yet another simile would be:

Answer 5

A simile explicitly compares 2 unlike things using like or as.
A metaphor simplicity compares 2 unlike things usually saying one thing is something else.
ex. "All the world's a stage"
comparing a world to a stage by stating that the world is a stage.

Answer 6

A simile is used to describe one thing as being "like" or "similar to" something else.
Ex.: The river winds through the dark valley like a ribbon of soft moonlight.
A metaphor is describing one thing as if it were something else.
Ex.: The winding river was a ribbon of soft moonlight decorating the valley.

Answer 7

a simile is a figurative language drawing comparison: a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word “like” or “as,” for example, “She is like an angel”
a metaphor is a figurative language drawing comparison: a figure fo speech that draws camparison between two different things , NOT contaningin the words "like" or "as", for example," She is an angel"

Answer 8

a simile is saying something is like something else, such as the ocean is like a blanket blowing in the wind, but a metaphor is saying something is something else, almost like stating a a fact, like a childs mind is a playground

Answer 9

A simile compares 2 unlike things using like or as.
--The storm was like a thousand angry Gods--

A metaphor compares two unlike things without like or as
--The storm, a thousand angry Gods...--

Answer 10

a simile is a comparison using like or as such as He is as strong as an ox.. a metaphor is mor direct.. he is a strong ox.. its not actually calling him an ox just saying that hes really strong