Typology vs Analogy - What's the difference?
typology | analogy |
the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
(archaeology) the result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
(linguistics) classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to historical families like romance languages)
A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
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As nouns the difference between typology and analogy
is that typology is the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics while analogy is a relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.typology
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(wikipedia typology)Noun
(typologies)Derived terms
* typological * typologist * linguistic typology * morphological typologySee also
* taxonomy * value domainanalogy
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(wikipedia analogy)Noun
(analogies)- Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love.
- Is there any analogy , in certain constitutions, between keeping an umbrella up, and keeping the spirits up?
- The old analogy likening the human mind to an imperfect mirror, which modifies the images it reflects, occurred more than once to Odo.
How to Write Programs," Time , 3 Jan.:
- Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy : hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it.
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- A kid living on the street is a bit like — and please pardon the analogy here — a weed.