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How are similes and metaphors different?

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∙ 8y ago
Updated: 10/21/2022

All similes are metaphors but not all metaphors are similes.

A metaphor is a comparison between two or more dissimilar things. Similes are too, however similes do so by making the comparison using the words like or as.

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