Assertion: simile | /r/CapableOf | compare the two ideas
Facets:
value: indirectly
type: MANNER
value: to something
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Even though similes and metaphors are both forms of comparison, similes indirectly compare the two ideas and allow them to remain distinct in spite of their similarities, whereas metaphors compare two things directly.
text: Simile is the use of words such as “like” to compare an object, concept, or person to something else.
text: A simile differs from a metaphor in that, even though they are both forms of comparison, similes indirectly compare two ideas that are unalike and allow them two remain two distinct entities; whereas a metaphor compares two things directly.
text: Similes compare two concepts with "like" or "as.
text: Similes are similar to metaphors in that they are both forms of comparison, but similes compare the two ideas whilst they remain separate, whereas a metaphor compare two things directly.