What is the difference between a metaphor and an analogy?

Answer 1

an analogy is: head is to hat as foot is to shoe.

a metaphor is: the snow was untouched. it was a soft white tablecloth over the lawn.

a simile is: the snow was like a white table cloth

(simile uses the words "like" or "as", metaphor does not.)

Answer 2

I don't like answering questions like this. They make me feel used. Why should I do your homework for you? Still, I'll give you a loose definition. A metaphor is usually based on a single word. It can be extended, but the comparison is not offered as an explanation. On the other hand, an analogy is often used to illustrate or explain something with a parallel concept that (one assumes) the audience is already familiar with.

Answer 3

I always think of a metaphor as a single phrase or short comparison, while an analogy goes into more depth showing how the two things are alike in many ways.

A simile is the one that uses the word like. Same concept as a metaphor, just explicit.

Answer 4

An analogy is one object compared to another pointing out the similarities. A metaphor gets rid of the comparison aspect and the objects are one and the same:

Example:

ANALOGY: The mind is like a computer.
METAPHOR: The mind is a computer.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

met·a·phor
1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def. 1).
2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.


a·nal·o·gy
1. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump.
2. similarity or comparability: I see no analogy between your problem and mine.
3. Biology. an analogous relationship.
4. Linguistics. a. the process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language, as when shoon was re-formed as shoes, when -ize is added to nouns like winter to form verbs, or when a child says foots for feet.
b. a form resulting from such a process.

5. Logic. a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects.

Answer 6

the difference between a SIMILE and a metaphor is 'like' or 'as'.
an analogy is like saying, tea is to leaves as coffee is to beans.
a metaphor would be saying the heat was a suffocating blanket.

Answer 7

a metaphor is a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as", but an analogy is something like shoes are to feet as gloves are to hands.

Answer 8

a metaphor is an analogy.

Answer 9

an anology is used to descibe a situation similar to something you are dealing with. example somone is trying to get pregnant and having no luck even though lots of sex. Anaolgy "even the worst shot will hit the target if he fires enough shots" Anolgies are often used to make someone feel better or to pick up their spirits or hopes

Metaphor is use to descibe something ie. "His face looks like he got hit with a shovel"

Answer 10

Astronomy is the study of the stars, a meteor is debris which fly in many directions sometimes impacting earth.