verb
- to make or draw an analogy; to compare two things by pointing out their similarities
Usage: formal
Examples
- The teacher analogized the heart to a pump to help students understand circulation.
- Scientists often analogize complex processes to familiar everyday activities.
- The lawyer analogized the case to a previous landmark decision.
- She analogized learning a language to building a house brick by brick.
- The professor analogized the brain’s neural networks to computer circuits.
- He analogized the company’s growth to a tree spreading its branches.