vertaus — meaning in English

English meaning

• analog adj Representing information as a continuously variable signal rather than as digital data, such as the hands of a clock or an old vinyl recording.
• simile noun A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using a linking word such as 'like' or 'as', in order to make a description more vivid.

Senses

vertaus is used for these senses in English:

• analog (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
• simile A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.

analog — full definition

1. adj Representing information as a continuously variable signal rather than as digital data, such as the hands of a clock or an old vinyl recording.
2. noun Something that closely corresponds to or mirrors something else.

simile — full definition

1. noun A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using a linking word such as 'like' or 'as', in order to make a description more vivid.
2. noun The use of such comparisons as a technique in writing or speech.

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