Imagery vs. Metaphor

Imagerynoun

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.

Imagerynoun

Imitation work.

Imagerynoun

Images in general, or en masse.

Imagerynoun

(figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.

Imagerynoun

The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.

Imagerynoun

Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Imagerynoun

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

Imagerynoun

Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.

Imagerynoun

The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.

Imagerynoun

Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Imagerynoun

the ability to form mental images of things or events;

Imagerynoun

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

Imagerynoun

visual symbolism

Imagerynoun

visual images collectively

Imagery

Part of the figurative language in a literary work, whereby the author uses vivid images to describe a phenomenon

Metaphornoun

The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described (but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile); the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.

Metaphornoun

The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.

Metaphorverb

(intransitive) To use a metaphor.

Metaphorverb

(transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.

Metaphornoun

The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.

Metaphornoun

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

Metaphornoun

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Metaphornoun

a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else

Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas.