verb
- to explain or understand something by comparing it to something similar; to draw an analogy
Usage: British spelling; American English typically uses 'analogize'; transitive or intransitive
Examples
- The teacher analogised the structure of an atom to a solar system.
- We can analogise the flow of electricity to the flow of water through pipes.
- He analogised between the rise and fall of empires throughout history.
- Scientists often analogise complex biological processes to mechanical systems.
- To help students understand, she analogised the heart to a pump.
- They analogised the internet to a vast library of interconnected information.