Simile vs Denotation - What's the difference?
simile | denotation |
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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The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
(logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, literal, or explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
(philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word
(semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
(semiotics) The surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary
(computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
(media-studies) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
As nouns the difference between simile and denotation
is that simile is (l) (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) while denotation is the act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes.simile
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.
Hypernyms
* figure of speechSee also
* (wikipedia) * metaphor * * - an appendix containing many similesAnagrams
* ----denotation
English
(wikipedia denotation)Noun
(en noun)- The denotations of the two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" are the same (i.e. both expressions denote the planet Venus), but their connotations are different.