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Likening Definition

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verb

Present participle of liken.

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Synonyms:
  • Synonyms:
  • analogizing
  • assimilating
  • identifying
  • matching
  • comparing
  • equating
  • parallelling
noun

The act by which things are likened; a comparison.

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