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Friday, 11 September 2020

What is the difference between Simile and Metaphor?

 What is the difference between Simile and Metaphor?

 

Did you know this term Room one learnt what a simile is?

Yes, this term Room one learnt what the difference between simile and metaphor is.


A simile is kind of like a metaphor, where you compare something with something else. The difference with a simile and a metaphor is that similes have the word “as” or “like” and a metaphor doesn't have “as” or “like” in them.


For example these are metaphors:

Her heart is gold

He is a pig

They are best friends


These are similes:

Her heart is like gold

He eats like a pig

They are like best friends.


Now do you see the difference?

The thing I've noticed is that the difference is just by two words.


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