Digital vs Analogous - What's the difference?
digital | analogous |
Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
Property of representing values as discrete numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
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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.
As adjectives the difference between digital and analogous
is that digital is having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger while analogous is having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—often followed by "to".As a noun digital
is (finance) a digital option.digital
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(wikipedia digital)Adjective
(-)Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
- Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.
Antonyms
* nondigital * undigital * (representing discrete values) analog, analogueDerived terms
* digital computer * digitalize, digitalization * digital meter * digital storageanalogous
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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.