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Simile vs Simily - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between simile and simily

is that simile is a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as while simily is obsolete form of lang=en.

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

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    simily

    English

    Noun

    (similies)