One and for all: What (the hell) is the the difference between an analogy and a metaphor?

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There were answers but no one of them really answer the questions (or not clearly enough).

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Edit: “Once and for all”, apologize me, I’m Italian.

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Analogy is when you compare two things that have a common link. For example they share a property like being a fruit or being sweet. “The candy was sweet like the finest Georgia peach” both the candy and the fruit are sweet, which makes the statement an analogy.

A metaphor likens something to another thing with no commonality “her hair flowed over her shoulders like a crashing wave” her hair and waves 🌊 have nothing in common but the writer is trying to evoke a mental image by using this metaphor.

Analogy = Alike

Methaphor = not alike

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