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| metaphor definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | 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 | 105 sets | |
| 2 | comparison not using like or as | 81 sets | |
| 3 | a comparison without using like or as | 72 sets | |
| 4 | an implied comparison | 50 sets | |
| 5 | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance | 36 sets | |
| 6 | an imaginative comparison used to enhance the meaning of what is being compared; may be direct (x is y) or implied ("he wanted to win her heart" comparing love to a battle) | 32 sets | |
| 7 | a comparision without using like or as | 32 sets | |
| 8 | comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using like or as as in a simile. | 29 sets | |
| 9 | implied comparison; cf. simile | 29 sets | |
| 10 | a direct comparison | 28 sets | |
| 11 | a comparison not using like or as | 24 sets | |
| 12 | comparison without using like or as | 24 sets | |
| 13 | implied comparison | 22 sets | |
| 14 | comparing two things without using "like" or "as" | 20 sets | |
| 15 | figure of speech comparing two different things | 20 sets | |
| 16 | a direct comparison between two unlike things | 19 sets | |
| 17 | comparison without like or as | 17 sets | |
| 18 | a figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other. | 17 sets | |
| 19 | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles | 17 sets | |
| 20 | comparison not using "like" or "as" | 16 sets | |
| 21 | a direct comparison between two things | 16 sets | |
| 22 | implied or direct comparison | 16 sets | |
| 23 | direct comparison | 16 sets | |
| 24 | comparison | 16 sets | |
| 25 | stated comparison between two unlike things | 15 sets | |
| 26 | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly | 15 sets | |
| 27 | comparing two unlike things without using like or as | 14 sets | |
| 28 | a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol | 14 sets | |
| 29 | comparison of two unlike things | 14 sets | |
| 30 | comparison between two unlike things | 13 sets | |
| 31 | a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else | 13 sets | |
| 32 | a comparison between two unlike things | 13 sets | |
| 33 | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in "a mighty fortress is our god." | 13 sets | |
| 34 | direct comparison of two unlike things | 12 sets | |
| 35 | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison | 12 sets | |
| 36 | a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as | 12 sets | |
| 37 | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 12 sets | |
| 38 | figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as, than, or resembles | 12 sets | |
| 39 | a comparison that does not use like or as | 12 sets | |
| 40 | a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as | 12 sets | |