Assertion: metaphor | /r/CapableOf | create new form of predication
Facets:
value: unlike sister-trope
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The metaphor, unlike its sister-trope the analogy, creates a new form of predication, suggesting that one category or class of objects (with certain characteristics) can be projected onto another separate class of entities; this projection may require a blurring of the ontological and epistemological distinctions between the kinds of objects that can be said to exist, either in the mind or in the external world.