A simile (/ˈsɪməli/) is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare...

SIMILE (Semantic Interoperability of Metadata and Information in unLike Environments) was a joint research project run by the World Wide Web Consortium...

Look up simile in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A simile is a figure of speech making an explicit comparison. Simile or Similes may also refer to: A...

Homeric simile, also called an epic simile, is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that are many lines in length. The word "Homeric", is based...

the allegory, writing that "Heidegger ... is off base in using the cave simile to interpret and 'criticize' Plato's theory of ideas". Various scholars...

A facsimile (from Latin fac simile, "to make alike") is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical...

Win32/Simile (also known as Etap and MetaPHOR) is a metamorphic computer virus written in assembly language for Microsoft Windows. The virus was released...

with some perceived quality of an animal. Epithets may be formulated as similes, explicitly comparing people with the named animal, as in "he is as sly...

Like is one of the words in the English language that can introduce a simile (a stylistic device comparing two dissimilar ideas). It can be used as a...

EoL: 60865644 iNaturalist: 549166 Open Tree of Life: 3397589 Anelaphus simile Wikidata: Q14724809 EoL: 2662242 GBIF: 1099903 iNaturalist: 306007 IRMNG:...

Penicillium simile is a species of fungus in the genus Penicillium. UniProt Davolos, D; Pietrangeli, B; Persiani, A. M.; Maggi, O (2012). "Penicillium simile sp...

Pseudocuma simile is a marine species of cumacean (hooded or comma shrimp) in the family Pseudocumatidae. Lives in the seas around Europe. Grows up to...

Trillium simile, the jeweled wakerobin, is a spring-flowering perennial plant which is native to southern parts of the Appalachian Mountains in southeastern...

The analogy of the Sun (or simile of the Sun or metaphor of the Sun) is found in the sixth book of The Republic (507b–509c), written by the Greek philosopher...

Eosentomon simile is a species of proturan in the family Eosentomidae. It is found in Africa. "Eosentomon simile Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information...

Allioideae Genus: Allium Subgenus: Allium subg. Melanocrommyum Species: A. fetisowii Binomial name Allium fetisowii Regel Synonyms Allium simile Regel...

arenarium (Eckl.) Kuntze Bulbocodium latifolium (Baker) Kuntze Bulbocodium simile (Eckl.) Kuntze Geissorhiza recurvifolia (Poir.) Klatt Ixia bulbocodium Thunb...

Trimetopon simile, Dunn's tropical ground snake, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae. It is found in Costa Rica. Porras, L.W.; Chaves, G.;...

Carenum simile is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Scaritinae, found in Australia. It was described by William John Macleay in 1865. "Carenum...

for succinctly presenting the Buddha’s teaching of non-self through the simile but also for being one of the earliest depictions of a woman adept at comprehending...

Dianthidium simile is a species of leafcutter, mason, and resin bees in the family Megachilidae. It is found in North America. "Dianthidium simile Species...

The Simele massacre (Arabic: مذبحة سميل, romanized: maḏbaḥat Simīl), also known as the Assyrian affair, was committed by the Kingdom of Iraq, led by Bakr...

Lucifuga simile is a species of cavefish in the family Bythitidae. It is endemic to Cuba. It is a demersal species found in freshwater and brackish water...

Roepera similis (synonym Zygophyllum simile) is a succulent annual herb native to Australia. It grows as a prostrate or erect annual herb, branching from...

Panicum simile, known by the common name two colour panic, is a species of grass found in eastern Australia. It was described by Karel Domin in 1915. Les...

Brachynarthron simile is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1964. It is known from Uganda. BioLib...

Cloeon simile is a species of small minnow mayfly in the family Baetidae. It is found in Europe. "Cloeon simile". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23. "Mayfly Central"...

incorrect. Jülicher viewed some of Jesus' parables as similitudes (extended similes or metaphors) with three parts: a picture part (Bildhälfte), a reality...

sense is described in terms of another. This may often take the form of a simile. One can distinguish the literary joining of terms derived from the vocabularies...

types of figurative language, such as antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy, and simile. One of the most commonly cited examples of a metaphor in English literature...