analogy
noun/əˈnæləʤi/
Frequency rank: #5,943 most common English word
Meaning
A comparison between two things that highlights a similarity in order to explain or clarify something.
Example sentence
The teacher used one analogy to help students understand how electricity flows through a wire.
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