analogy
a-nal-o-gy
noun
A similarity or correspondence between otherwise dissimilar features or structures.
"There's an analogy between a bird's wing and a bat's."
noun
A comparison between two things to explain or clarify a concept.
"She drew an analogy between a brain and a computer."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: doctrine of analogy
Antonyms: apophatism, cataphatism