Homoplasy vs Analogous - What's the difference?
homoplasy | analogous |
A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.
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 a noun homoplasy
is a correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.As an adjective analogous is
having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—often followed by "to".homoplasy
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(Convergent evolution) (wikipedia homoplasy)Noun
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.