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Idiom/saying/word request for "inappropriately complex analogy"
I'm looking for an adjective, saying or idiom for an analogy which makes the things even harder to grasp, that was supposed to make things easier to understand.
Examples:
A guy makes an analogy to ...
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The counterpart of "facial" for head
We have the adjective "facial" for the noun "face", and I am wondering what the counterpart for the noun "head" is.
I could not find it on Google, and ChatGPT told me &...
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Annual is to yearly as _____ is to monthly
A more formal word for yearly would be annual.
I pay my school loans annually
I pay my rent check monthly or _____.
What is the equivalent of “annual” for “monthly"?
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Is there a name for this format - '5:number :: k: ? '? [duplicate]
Is there a name for this format - 5:number :: k: ? ?
The question mark in the above poses a question. The answer is supposed to be found out by looking the relation of previous pair. In this case ...
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If cow = beef, pig = pork, and deer = venison, then where is the word for human = [flesh as food source]?
Maybe it's the season of Halloween, because it's kind of a grim question, but I have seriously wondered from a language point of view - is there a word for human as 'food-meat', or has there ever been,...
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Patriotism : Nation :: _______ : Religion [closed]
Is there a word similar to patriotism that refers to one's religion? (Rather than love for one's nation.)
Jihadist groups believe that their movement is backed by ________, just as the Sons of ...
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"Poison" is to "poisoned" as "venom" is to what?
As the title says, poison is to poisoned as venom is to what?
I tried looking up venomed but it means something different.
Is there such a word?
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What is a word equivalent to 'oceanic' but specific to a lake?
What is a word equivalent to 'oceanic' but specific to a lake?
It'd be the blank in this analogy:
oceanic : ocean :: _____ : lake
(oceanic is to ocean as _____ is to lake)
The context in which I'm ...
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Winter — wintry; summer — summery; spring — ?; autumn —?
wintry:
characteristic of winter, esp. in feeling or looking very cold and bleak: "a wintry landscape".
summery: belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer; "summery ...
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Adjective for 'shite'
The adjective for 'shit' is 'shitty'. Is there no different adjective for the British word 'shite'?
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You quench your thirst. What do you do with your hunger?
What is the equivalent of "quench" when speaking of hunger? Is it appropriate to say you quenched your hunger?
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How do you form the 'north' and 'south' versions of 'occident' and 'orient'?
How does one correctly form the "north" and "south" forms for which occident and orient are "west" and "east"?
I found boreal and austral, but those look like adjectives and I'm after the nouns.
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What is the cold version of spicy?
My boyfriend recently told me that my new mouthwash was "spicy". Is that the right word to describe a strong minty flavour?
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Hot sauce is to "spicy" as mint is to....
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"View", but for hearing
I know a lot of words, but it's driving me crazy that I can't think of one for this. I'm sure there must be one. I want to be able to say:
I had not only a great view of the ocean from that room, ...
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"Majority" is to "plurality" as "minority" is to what?
This analogy may not be quite accurate but I think I can get my point across with it.
I was reviewing some obesity statistics:
Obese: 35.9%
Overweight but not obese: 33.3%
Neither overweight nor ...
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