Assertion: metaphor | /r/CapableOf | use the verb
Facets:
value: very often
type: DEGREE
value: usually
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A metaphor very often uses the verb 'to be': "love is war", for example, not "love is like war" (that is a simile).
text: So metaphor can use verbs as well as nouns:
text: A metaphor usually uses the verb to be and says someone or something is something.
text: Metaphors use the verb "to be.
text: A metaphor very often uses the verb 'to be': "love is war", for example, not "love is like war" (that is a simile).