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Simile vs Megaphone - What's the difference?

simile | megaphone |

As nouns the difference between simile and megaphone

is that simile is (l) (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) while megaphone is .

simile

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like'' or ''as .
    • A simile is like a metaphor.
  • * 1925 , Fruit of the Flower , by
    • My father is a quiet man -- With sober, steady ways; -- For simile , a folded fan; -- His nights are like his days.

    Hypernyms

    * figure of speech

    Related terms

    * dissimile * similar * similarity * simulate

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * metaphor * * - an appendix containing many similes

    Anagrams

    * ----

    megaphone

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
    • Synonyms
    * speaking trumpet
    Hypernyms
    * loudhailer, blowhorn
    Hyponyms
    * bullhorn, the modern electronic amplification version
    Derived terms
    * megaphonic * megaphonist

    Verb

    (megaphon)
  • (intransitive) To use a megaphone.

    • Etymology 2

    Named for the root Aniba megaphylla + .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) a cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla .