Imagery vs Simile - What's the difference?
imagery | simile |
The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
Imitation work.
Images in general, or en masse.
(figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
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 nouns the difference between imagery and simile
is that imagery is the work of one who makes s or visible representation of objects while simile is a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.imagery
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Noun
(wikipedia imagery) (imageries)simile
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(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.