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a comparison so honest it admits it's faking the connection right out loud
means a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' to highlight a shared quality.
from From Latin simile, meaning 'a like thing' — the neuter form of similis, 'like, resembling.' That same Latin root branches out into a whole family of look-alikes: 'similar,' 'simulate,' 'assemble,' even 'simultaneous.' English borrowed simile straight from Latin in its grammar-school days, keeping the spelling untouched, as if the word itself were resisting any comparison.
- signature words
- announces itself with like or as
- ancient roots
- Homer stacked them across the Iliad
- vs metaphor
- metaphor lies, simile politely discloses
- epic flavor
- extended ones called Homeric or epic similes
- latin origin
- comes from similis, meaning likeness