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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | comparison using like or as | 254 sets | |
| 2 | a comparison using like or as | 197 sets | |
| 3 | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') | 150 sets | |
| 4 | comparison using "like" or "as" | 68 sets | |
| 5 | a comparison using "like" or "as" | 45 sets | |
| 6 | comparing two things using like or as | 43 sets | |
| 7 | a similarity between two objects or ideas, using like or as (and sometimes than) | 34 sets | |
| 8 | a comparison between two unlike things using like or as | 32 sets | |
| 9 | comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as | 30 sets | |
| 10 | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 29 sets | |
| 11 | a comparision using like or as | 28 sets | |
| 12 | comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 23 sets | |
| 13 | an expressed comparison | 19 sets | |
| 14 | comparison using 'like' or 'as' | 17 sets | |
| 15 | comparison of two things using like or as | 17 sets | |
| 16 | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared | 17 sets | |
| 17 | comparing two unlike things using like or as | 17 sets | |
| 18 | a comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used (e.g., she eats like a bird.). | 16 sets | |
| 19 | comparing somthing directly using like or as | 15 sets | |
| 20 | a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike subjects using like or as | 15 sets | |
| 21 | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in "she is like a rose." | 14 sets | |
| 22 | comparison using like or as. | 14 sets | |
| 23 | comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" | 13 sets | |
| 24 | a comparison between two unlike things using the words like, than, or as | 13 sets | |
| 25 | a comparison using like or as. | 13 sets | |
| 26 | a commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | 13 sets | |
| 27 | a comparison using the words like or as | 12 sets | |
| 28 | directly expressed comparison between things | 12 sets | |
| 29 | using like or as | 12 sets | |
| 30 | compares two things using "like" or "as" | 12 sets | |
| 31 | comparison with like or as | 12 sets | |
| 32 | the comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 12 sets | |
| 33 | a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" | 11 sets | |
| 34 | a figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things | 11 sets | |
| 35 | the comparison of two unlike things using like or as. | 11 sets | |
| 36 | comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. | 11 sets | |
| 37 | compares two things using like or as | 11 sets | |
| 38 | a comparison of two things using like or as | 11 sets | |
| 39 | comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" | 10 sets | |
| 40 | a comparison using the words "like" or "as" | 10 sets | |