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What is the difference between analogy and parable?

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As nouns the difference between analogy and parable

is that analogy is a relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation while parable is a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

As a verb parable is

to represent by parable.

As an adjective parable is

that can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.

analogy

English

(wikipedia analogy)

Noun

(analogies)
  • A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
  • * 1841 , , Essays: First Series , ch. 6:
    • Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love.
  • * 1869 , , The Uncommercial Traveller , ch. 18:
    • Is there any analogy , in certain constitutions, between keeping an umbrella up, and keeping the spirits up?
  • * 1901 , , The Valley of Decision , ch. 12:
    • The old analogy likening the human mind to an imperfect mirror, which modifies the images it reflects, occurred more than once to Odo.
  • * 1983 , " How to Write Programs," Time , 3 Jan.:
    • Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy : hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it.
  • * 2002 , , Gone for Good , ISBN 9780440236733, p. 75:
    • A kid living on the street is a bit like — and please pardon the analogy here — a weed.

    Derived terms

    * disanalogy * false analogy

    Related terms

    * analogue

    See also

    * metaphor * simile * example * homology * parable * parallelism English words prefixed with ana-

    parable

    English

    (wikipedia parable)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (=modern) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy
    • ''In the New Testament the parables told by Jesus convey His message, as in "The parable of the prodigal son"
    ''Catholic sermons normally draw on at least one Biblical lecture, often parables .
    Related terms
    * palaver * parabola * parabole * parole

    See also

    * fable * allegory * pericope * simile

    Verb

    (parabl)
  • To represent by parable.
    • Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled . — Milton.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.
  • *, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.306:
    • The most parable and easy, and about which many are employed, is to teach a school, turn lecturer or curate [...].
    (Sir Thomas Browne)

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