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==Etymology==
Fr. analogue, f. Gr. {alenis}{nu}{gaacu}{lambda}{omicron}{gamma}-{omicron}{nu} ANALOGON, which was in earlier use.]
*An analogous word or thing; a representative in different circumstances or situation; something performing a corresponding part.
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'''Analogy''' is both the cognitive process of transferring [[information]] from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a [[language|linguistic]] expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an [[inference]] or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction, where at least one of the premises or the conclusion is general. The word ''analogy'' can also refer to the relation between the source and the target themselves, which is often, though not necessarily, a similarity, as in the biological notion of analogy.
'''Analogy''' is both the cognitive process of transferring [[information]] from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a [[language|linguistic]] expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an [[inference]] or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction, where at least one of the premises or the conclusion is general. The word ''analogy'' can also refer to the relation between the source and the target themselves, which is often, though not necessarily, a similarity, as in the biological notion of analogy.
