Analogy vs. Idiom

Analogynoun

A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.

Analogynoun

A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

Analogynoun

A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.

Analogynoun

Proportion; equality of ratios.

Analogynoun

Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.

Analogynoun

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

Analogynoun

drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect;

Analogynoun

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate

Analogynoun

a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification

Analogynoun

a correspondence or partial similarity

Analogynoun

a thing which is comparable to something else in significant respects

Analogynoun

a process of arguing from similarity in known respects to similarity in other respects

Analogynoun

a process by which new words and inflections are created on the basis of regularities in the form of existing ones.

Analogynoun

the resemblance of function between organs that have a different evolutionary origin.

Analogy

Analogy (from Greek ἀναλογία, analogia, , from ana- [also , ] + logos [also ]) is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject (the analog, or source) to another (the target), or a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an inference or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction, in which at least one of the premises, or the conclusion, is general rather than particular in nature.

Idiomnoun

A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, person, or group of people.

Idiomnoun

A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.

Idiomnoun

An established expression whose meaning is not deducible from the literal meanings of its component words, often peculiar to a given language.

Idiomnoun

An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.

Idiomnoun

(programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.

Idiomnoun

The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

Idiomnoun

An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language.

Idiomnoun

A combination of words having a meaning peculiar to itself and not predictable as a combination of the meanings of the individual words, but sanctioned by usage; as, an idiomatic expression; less commonly, a single word used in a peculiar sense.

Idiomnoun

The phrase forms peculiar to a particular author; as, written in his own idiom.

Idiomnoun

Dialect; a variant form of a language.

Idiomnoun

a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

Idiomnoun

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;

Idiomnoun

the style of a particular artist or school or movement;

Idiomnoun

an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Idiomnoun

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon, see the light).

Idiomnoun

a form of expression natural to a language, person, or group of people

Idiomnoun

the dialect of a people or part of a country.

Idiomnoun

a characteristic mode of expression in music or art

Idiom

An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase. Categorized as formulaic language, an idiom's figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning.