different between analogy vs correlation

English

Etymology

From Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (analogía), from ??? (aná) + ????? (lógos, “speech, reckoning”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??næl?d??i/

Noun

analogy (countable and uncountable, plural analogies)

1. A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
   • 1983, "How to Write Programs," Time, 3 Jan.:

     Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy: hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it.
2. (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.
3. (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.

Derived terms

• disanalogy
• false analogy

Related terms

• analogue

Translations

See also

• metaphor
• simile
• example
• homology
• parable
• parallelism

English

Etymology

From Middle French corrélationMorphologically correlate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k????le???n/, /k????le???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k????le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: cor?re?la?tion

Noun

correlation (countable and uncountable, plural correlations)

1. A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
2. (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
3. (algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.

Derived terms

• autocorrelation
• correlation coefficient
• discorrelation
• Pearson correlation

Related terms

• correlate

Translations

Further reading

• correlation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia