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    1. 07-30-2008 06:22 PM #1
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      What is..

      what's the name for things like

      "if sock is to foot, glove is to ----" the answer is hand obviously but what's the names of those things?
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      I'd say it's an analogy. Also it would have to be "A is to B as C is to D", not "if A is to b, then".
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