If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are alike in some way.
ex...The analogy between music and fragrance has stuck.
A computer and a brain are analogous.
An analogy is an example made in a sentence comparing one thing to another. Such as "life is like a race."
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"Hamelt is a beloved classic by millions around the globe."Is a sentence using Hamelt.
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An analogy is an example made in a sentence comparing one thing to another. Such as "life is like a race."
Samantha and I had an analogous relationship
The Rebellion in George Orwell's Animal Farm is analogous to the Bolshevik Revolution.
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Me and my boyfriend have a analogous towards eachother.
Analogous means comparable in certain respects. Saying "I told you so" would be analogous to rubbing salt in his wounds.
The word 'analogous' means 'similar', 'comparable'. It is however, of a higher register than those two, and is mostly used in scientific writing. Here's an example of the word in use, taken from a scientific website: "Mind-blowing: Distance between local stars in our galaxy is analogous to 2 grains of sand miles apart"
If you're using the word as a noun, a fort might be considered analogous to a garrison. If you're using the word as a verb (as in: to garrison troops at a particular location), then station or base might be analogous to garrison.
The word analogies is the plural noun of analogies. A good sentence would be, the analogies between them were outrageous.
Having my teeth drilled is analoguous to letting a freight train loose in my mouth.
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Using petroleum in a sentence?