Term: simile: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: pan: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: associability: the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: pileup: multiple collisions of vehicles
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: lampshade: a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: evil: that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; - Shakespeare
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: painfulness: the quality of being painful
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: slapshot: a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: complaint: an expression of grievance or resentment
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: alternating current: an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: foundling: a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown