Figurative vs Simile - What's the difference?
figurative | simile |
Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs".
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Metaphorically so called
With many figures of speech
Emblematic; representative
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A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like'' or ''as .
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As an adjective figurative
is metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "it's raining cats and dogs".As a noun simile is
(l) (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another).figurative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This, they will say, was figurative , and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity.
- They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form.
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English
Noun
(en-noun)- A simile is like a metaphor.
- My father is a quiet man -- With sober, steady ways; -- For simile , a folded fan; -- His nights are like his days.