Metaphor
WordNet
noun
(1) A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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Etymology
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Noun
- The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn't, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, and without the words "like" or "as".
- The word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison.