analogy

analogie, comparaison

Ressemblance entre des choses différentes, souvent utilisée pour expliquer l’une en la comparant à l’autre.

En anglais simple : A similarity between different things, often used to explain one by comparing it with another.

• That is a useful analogy.
• She used an analogy to explain how electricity flows.
• There are several analogies between these two political systems.

Comment l'utiliser : analogy between A and B (She drew an analogy between the brain and a computer.); analogy with something (He explained the system through an analogy with a family.)

Synonymes : comparison, parallel, similarity

Expressions courantes : draw an analogy, a useful analogy, analogy between things, by analogy