analogy and metaphor
What is the difference between 'analogy' and 'metaphor'?
Do you have any useful sentenses to draw analogies or metaphors?

I'm new to the words 'analogy' and 'metaphor'. Their meanings seem like similar on a dictionary.
We often use some examples when we try to explain something to others. Saying "for example" is useful.
What's your advice?

Thanks in advance.

Question

analogy and metaphor
 What is the difference between 'analogy' and 'metaphor'?
 Do you have any useful sentenses to draw analogies or metaphors?

I'm new to the words 'analogy' and 'metaphor'.  Their meanings seem like similar on a dictionary.
We often use some examples when we try to explain something to others.  Saying "for example" is useful.
What's your advice?

Thanks in advance.

Answer

analogy = 類比
metaphor = 暗ゆ

They don't look at all the same to me. In fact, the Chinese characters highlight the difference very well.

Answer

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/metaphor?q=metaphor

Or, a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance.

Example: "All men are pigs."
There is nothing similar about men and pigs, it is all about association.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/analogy?q=analogy

Or, a likeness or a comparison between two things that have some features that are the same and others which are different.

Example: "The basic structure of an atom is much like the one of our Solar System."
In both cases there is a center and objects that orbit.

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