different between allegory vs analog

English

Etymology

From Middle English allegorie, from Old French allegorie, from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ????????? (all?goría), from ????? (állos, “other”) + ??????? (agoreú?, “I speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl.???o??.i/, /?æl.?????.i/

Noun

allegory (countable and uncountable, plural allegories)

1. (rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
2. A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
3. A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
4. (mathematics, category theory) A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.

Derived terms

• allegoric
• allegorical
• allegorically
• allegorist
• allegorize

Related terms

• agora
• agoraphobia
• category

Translations

See also

• metaphor

English

Alternative forms

• analogue (Commonwealth)

Etymology

Early 19th century; from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ???????? (análogos, “proportionate”), from ??? (aná, “up to”) + ????? (lógos, “ratio”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.l??/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.l??/

Adjective

analog (not comparable)

1. (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)

Antonyms

• digital
• discrete

Derived terms

• analog circuit
• analog computer
• analog meter

Translations

Noun

analog (plural analogs)

1. (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else
2. (countable, biology) an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin
3. (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element

Related terms

• homolog
• analogy
• homology
• superanalog

Descendants

• ? Irish: analóg

Translations

Related terms

• analogetic
• analogical
• analogous

Anagrams

• Algona, Angola, agonal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?analok]

Noun

analog m

1. analog, analogue (something that bears an analogy to something else)
2. (chemistry) analog, analogue (structural derivative of a parent compound)

Related terms

German

Etymology

French analogue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ana?lo?k/

Adjective

analog (not comparable)

1. (formal) analogous

   Synonyms: ähnlich, vergleichbar, gleichartig

2. (physics, computing) analog

   Antonym: digital

3. (colloquial) material, not electronic or computerised

   Synonym: materiell

Declension

Synonyms

• analogisch

Further reading

• “analog” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analogue (UK) or analog (US)

References

• “analog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analog (US) or analogue (UK)

References

• “analog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French analogue, from Ancient Greek ???????? (análogos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?na.l?k/

Noun

analog m inan

1. analog (something that bears an analogy)
2. (chemistry) analog (structural derivative)
3. (colloquial, music) phonograph record

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) analogowy

Related terms

• (adverb) analogowo

Further reading

• analog in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• analog in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French analogue, from Latin analogus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na?lo?/

Adjective

analog m or n (feminine singular analoag?, masculine plural analogi, feminine and neuter plural analoage)

1. analogue (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

ana- +? -log

Adjective

analog

1. analogue

Declension

Antonyms

• digital

Anagrams

• Angola