Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors. 2013.
metaphor, simile — Both are figures of speech in which two things are compared. A simile likens one thing to another, dissimilar one: He ran like the wind ; She took to racing as a duck takes to water. A metaphor acts as if the two compared things are identical… … Dictionary of troublesome word
metaphor, simile — Both are figures of speech in which two things are compared. A simile likens one thing to another, dissimilar one: He ran like the wind ; She took to racing as a duck takes to water. A metaphor acts as if the two compared things are identical… … Dictionary of troublesome word
metaphor — simile, *analogy … New Dictionary of Synonyms
metaphor — metaphorical /met euh fawr i keuhl, for /, metaphoric, adj. metaphorically, adv. metaphoricalness, n. /met euh fawr , feuhr/, n. 1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in… … Universalium
metaphor and simile — 1. The difference between these two figures of speech, which together constitute a major element of English idiom, is largely one of form. A simile is a fanciful comparison couched in a form introduced by as or like, for example Byron s line The… … Modern English usage
Metaphor in philosophy — Metaphor, the description of one thing as something else, has become of interest in recent decades to both analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, but for different reasons. Contents 1 Metaphor in analytic philosophy 2 Metaphor in… … Wikipedia
metaphor — met a*phor (m[e^]t [.a]*f[^o]r or m[e^]t [.a]*f[ e]r), n. [F. m[ e]taphore, L. metaphora, fr. Gr. metafora , fr. metafe rein to carry over, transfer; meta beyond, over + fe rein to bring, bear.] (Rhet.) The transference of the relation between… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
simile — is a figure of speech consisting of a direct comparison using a construction with as…as…, or with the first as omitted: • Soft as rain slipping through rushes, the cattle came Edmund Blunden. Some similes belong to a stock type, e.g. (as) drunk… … Modern English usage
metaphor — [met′ə fôr΄] n. [Fr métaphore < L metaphora < Gr < metapherein, to carry over < meta, over (see META ) + pherein, to BEAR1] a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used… … English World dictionary
simile — *analogy, metaphor … New Dictionary of Synonyms
