Metaphor vs. Abstract

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.

Abstractnoun

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.

Abstractnoun

Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.

Abstractnoun

Concentrated essence of a product.

Abstractnoun

(medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.

Abstractnoun

An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.

Abstractnoun

The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.

Abstractnoun

(arts) An abstract work of art.

Abstractnoun

(real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.

Abstractadjective

(obsolete) Derived; extracted.

Abstractadjective

Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.

Abstractadjective

Expressing a property or attribute separately of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object.

Abstractadjective

Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general, as opposed to specific.

Abstractadjective

Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.

Abstractadjective

(archaic) Absent-minded.

Abstractadjective

(arts) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.

Abstractadjective

Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century.

Abstractadjective

(music) Absolute.

Abstractadjective

(dance) Lacking a story.

Abstractadjective

Insufficiently factual.

Abstractadjective

Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.

Abstractadjective

(grammar) As a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.

Abstractadjective

(computing) Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To separate; to disengage.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.

Abstractverb

To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.

Abstractverb

To extract by means of distillation.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.

Abstractverb

To withdraw oneself; to retire.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).

Abstractverb

To perform the process of abstraction.

Abstractverb

To create abstractions.

Abstractverb

To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".

Abstractadjective

Withdraw; separate.

Abstractadjective

Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.

Abstractadjective

Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; - opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word.

Abstractadjective

Abstracted; absent in mind.

Abstractverb

To withdraw; to separate; to take away.

Abstractverb

To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects.

Abstractverb

To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute.

Abstractverb

To epitomize; to abridge.

Abstractverb

To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.

Abstractverb

To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used.

Abstractverb

To perform the process of abstraction.

Abstractnoun

That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.

Abstractnoun

A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.

Abstractnoun

An abstract term.

Abstractnoun

A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.

Abstractnoun

a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance;

Abstractnoun

a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

Abstractverb

consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

Abstractverb

make off with belongings of others

Abstractverb

consider apart from a particular case or instance;

Abstractverb

give an abstract (of)

Abstractadjective

existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment;

Abstractadjective

not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature;

Abstractadjective

based on specialized theory;

Abstractadjective

dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention;