What is a metaphar?

Answer 1

Metaphor is the concept of understanding one thing in terms of another. A metaphor is a figure of speech that constructs an analogy between two things or ideas; the analogy is conveyed by the use of a metaphorical word in place of some other word. For example: "Her eyes were glistening jewels".

Metaphor is or was also occasionally used to denote rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance (e.g., antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy and simile, which are then all considered types of metaphor). Aristotle used both this sense and the regular, current sense above.[1]

The word metaphor derives from the 16th century Old French métaphore, in turn from the Latin metaphora"carrying over", which is the romanization of the Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), "transfer",[2] from μεταφέρω (metaphero), "to carry over", "to transfer",[3] itself a compound of μετά (meta), "between"[4] + φέρω (pherō), "to bear", "to carry".[5]

Answer 2

It seems like you might have meant to ask about a "metaphor." A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another. It is used to create vivid imagery and convey complex ideas in a more understandable way.