Hat : head :: shoe : foot
Read "Hat is to head as shoe is to foot." What do you call this comparison?
Is there not a more specific term? Analogies are used all the time in speech without following the format. Something like paired analogies or something?
Analogies is the proper term
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stephen k
2010 Feb 05 1Analogies is the proper term
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