Analogous vs Analytical - What's the difference?
analogous | analytical |
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—often followed by "to".
* 2013 , Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic?'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/20/is-pope-catholic-atheists-gay-people-abortion]
* Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey.
* Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. --J. H. Newman.
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment
Using analytic reasoning as opposed to synthetic.
As adjectives the difference between analogous and analytical
is that analogous is having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—often followed by "to" while analytical is of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment.analogous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- After all, if we think of the Vatican as a vast and hugely successful multinational corporation, then this interview would appear to be the equivalent of a profits warning. At the very least, it would seem to be tinkering with the formula of the biggest spiritual brand in the world, analogous to Coca-Cola changing its famous recipe in 1985.