metaphor
(rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.
(rhetoric) A word or phrase used in an implied likening or association.
A Metaphor, in place of proper words, / Resemblance puts; and dress to speech affords.
(graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
To use figurative language.
To describe something through the use of figurative comparisons.
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