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Analogy is closely linked with metaphor and, indeed, we may think of these two notions as interchangeable: both point out likenesses in particulars between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
- The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
- (Coinage) The standard weight or coin by which others
Craig Mod • Archetypes Revisited

Metaphor, today as in the ancient Greek metapherein, refers to reversible passages that connect two realms and preserve similitude between them; on the other hand, metabolism, from metaballein, refers to abrupt and radical changes that fundamentally efface, digest, or absorb all traces of an earlier state.
-Shane Denson, Crazy Cameras
“metanoia,” and it originates from the Greek word for “changing one’s mind or purpose.”
Brianna Wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Le raisonnement analogique est la capacité de repérer des similitudes conceptuelles importantes entre plusieurs domaines ou scénarios qui peuvent, a priori, sembler n’avoir pas grand-chose en commun en surface. C’est un outil puissant pour résoudre les problèmes pervers. Kepler était accro aux analogies, raison pour laquelle Gentner l’apprécie
... See moreDavid Epstein • Range : Le règne des généralistes : Pourquoi ils triomphent dans un monde de spécialistes (Business) (French Edition)
In biology, convergence refers to the process wherein organisms evolve analogous traits that were not present in their last common ancestor. In other words, species that are not closely related to each other will find the same solutions to the same problems in their quest to survive.