[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based:the analogy between the heart and a pump.Synonyms: affinity , similitude , resemblance , likeness , comparison", "similarity or comparability:I see no analogy between your problem and mine.Synonyms: correspondence", "Biology.an relationship.", "Linguistics.the process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language, as whenshoonwas re-formed asshoes,when-izeis added to nouns likewinterto form verbs, or when a child saysfootsforfeet.a form resulting from such a process.", "the process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language, as whenshoonwas re-formed asshoes,when-izeis added to nouns likewinterto form verbs, or when a child saysfootsforfeet.", "a form resulting from such a process.", "Logic.a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects."]}]