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A figure of speech and a trope in which something is explicitly compared with something else using the word \u201aalike\u201aaa or \u201aaaas\u201aaa (e.g., “solving a non-linear differential equation is like trying to paddle a canoe in a force 10 gale; you end up feeling battered, but with a sense of achievement”). A metaphor is a … <\/p>\n
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