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simile

Figure of speech indicating a similarity explicitly,e.g. using "like" or "as", contrasting to metaphor in which the similarity is implicit, e.g. of the form "A is B"

Entitystylistic devicefigure of speechQ199714
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24 statements · 21% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

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19 identifiers linking simile across the web's reference databases