Analogy Meaning

There are 3 meaning(s) for word Analogy

Meaning 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

    Synonyms : doctrine of analogy
Meaning 2 : an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

Meaning 3 : drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect

    Example : 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