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Metaphorical vs Tropical - What's the difference?

metaphorical | tropical |

As adjectives the difference between metaphorical and tropical

is that metaphorical is pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic while tropical is of or north and 23 degrees south.

As a noun tropical is

a tropical plant.

metaphorical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.
  • tropical

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or north and 23 degrees south.
  • From or similar to a hot climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
  • (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a .
  • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • * South
  • The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.

    Derived terms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tropical plant.