analogy
Definitions
Noun
- An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
- Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
- The religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between god and humans will always be inadequate
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | analogous | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | anthology | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | analogies | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | catalog | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | apology | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | analogue | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | analog | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | analogic | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | thanatology | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | manalo | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | kanagy | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | genealogy | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | nagy | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | angy | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | anal | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | algy | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | tagalog | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | sandalo | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | ranallo | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | arnaldo | 3 | 0 |
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| 1 | drew | 1 | 2 |
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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