different between analogy vs dialectic

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

Alternative forms

• dialectick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French dialectique, from Late Latin dialectica, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (dialektik?, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from ??????????? (dialektikós, “relating to dialogue”), from ?????????? (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from ??? (diá, “through, across”) + ?????? (légein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da???l?kt?k/
• Rhymes: -?kt?k

Noun

dialectic (plural dialectics)

1. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
2. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.

3. (Marxism) Progress of conflict, especially class conflict.

Related terms

Adjective

dialectic (comparative more dialectic, superlative most dialectic)

1. dialectical

Further reading

• "dialectic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 106.

Anagrams

• deictical

Romanian

Etymology

From French dialectique, from Latin dialecticus.

Adjective

dialectic m or n (feminine singular dialectic?, masculine plural dialectici, feminine and neuter plural dialectice)

1. dialectical

Declension