analogy
NOUN
/ə'nælədʒi/
7 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
analogy is a valid 7-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
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A1N1A1L1O1G2Y4
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does analogy mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
The religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate.
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2
An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others.
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3
Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect.
“the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain”
“the models show by analogy how matter is built up”
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