Analogy

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Analogies

Analogy means similarity or


resemblance of some kind of
relationship between two given
things.

Analogies intend to evaluate ones


ability to comprehend the
relationship that exits between two
objects, things or figures.

Cause and effect relationship


Part and whole relationship
Part: Part relationship
Purpose relationship
Action to object relationship
Worker and tool relationship
Study and topic relationship
Worker and working place
relationship
Worker and product relationship
Product and raw material
relationship

Word and synonym relationship


Word and antonym relationship
Degree relationship
Sequence relationship
Grammatical relationship
Sex relationship
Object & creature symbol
relationship
Creature and living place
relationship
Creature and offspring relationship

Cause and effect relationship


Education : Development
Man : Speech
Nutrition : Health
Game : Play
Child : Growth

Education is cause for


development
Nutrition is cause for health

Part and whole relationship


House : Room
Struggle : Fight
Transport : Car
School : College
Boy : Girl

Room is the part of house


Car is a part of transport
system

Part: Part relationship


Gill : Fin
Salad : Rice
Sea : Fish
Kill : Bomb
Question : Team

Gill and fin are two parts of a


fish
Salad and rice of parts of food

Purpose relationship
Glove : Ball
Summer : Winter
Game : Study
Stadium : Seats
Hook : Fish

Glove helps to catch a ball


Hook helps to catch a fish

Action to object relationship


Break : Piece
Writer : Pen
Bread : Bake
Kick : Football
Muddy : Unclear

Break is an action that makes pieces


Kick is an action that makes the football
move

Worker and tool relationship


Sculptor : Chisel
Pathology : Disease
Tailor : Needle
Engineer : Site
Time : Seconds

Sculptor works with a chisel


Tailor works with a needle

Study and topic relationship


Linguistics : Language
Gardener : Harrow
Hen : Chicken
Scale : Length
Anthropology : Man

Linguistics is the science of


languages
Anthropology is the study of
mans life

Worker and working place relationship


Lawyer : Court
Professor : University
Author : Book
Wine : Grapes
Volume : Litre

Lawyer works at a court


Professor works in a university

Worker and product relationship


Farmer : Crop
Fabric : Yarn
Cat : Kitten
Wish : Desire
Editor : Newspaper

Crops are the products of a farmers


work
Newspaper is the product of an
editors work

Product and raw material relationship


Egg : Omelette
Man : Child
Spoon : Feed
Judge : Justice
Sack : Jute

Egg is the raw material for


omelette
Jute is the raw material for a
sack

Word and synonym relationship


Abate : Lessen
Sweet : Bitter
Ice : Solid
Dog : Bitch
Secret : Clandestine

Abate and lessen have similar


meanings
Secret or clandestine have similar
meanings

Word and antonym relationship


Confidence : Diffidence
Dastard : Coward
Field : Farm
House : Garbage
Baffle : Clarify

Diffidence is the opposite of


confidence
Clarify is the opposite of baffle

Degree relationship
Warm : Hot
Tailor : Textile
Sun : Planet
Horrible : Heinous
Fight : War

Sequence relationship
Monday : Tuesday
Spring : Winter
Monday : Sunday
Wednesday : Thursday
Angle : Sky

Hot is the greater degree of


warm
War is the greater degree of
fight

Tuesday follows Monday


Thursday follows Wednesday

Grammatical relationship
He : His
I : Me
He : Him
They : These
She : Her
He is 3rd person nominative and His is 3rd person possessive
case
She is 3rd person nominative and Her is 3rd person possessive
case
Sex relationship
Lion : Lioness
Convict : Prison
Duck : Drake
Flag : Nation
Tiger : Leopard

Lioness is the female of lion


Drake is the female of duck

Object and creature symbol relationship


Flag : Nation
Fox : Cunning
Soldier : War
Wine : Grapes
Cow : Herbivorous

Flag stands as the symbol of a


nation
Fox Stands for cunningness

Creature and living place relationship


Bee : Hive
Duck : Drake
Warm : Tepid
Carcass : Corpse
Monk : Monastery

Bee lives in hive


Monk lives in a monastery

Creature and offspring relationship


Horse : Colt
Goat : Bleat
Dawn : Twilight
Dog : Puppy
Actor : Stage

Colt is the young one of horse


Puppy is the young one of dog

Creature and sound relationship


Frogs : Croak
Hare : Leveret
Liquor : Intoxication
Serpents : Hiss
Brake : Car

Sound of Frogs is known by the word


croak
Sound of Serpents is hiss

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