LIKENING
likening
(noun) the act of comparing similarities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
likening
present participle of liken
Noun
likening (plural likenings)
The act by which things are likened; a comparison.
Source: Wiktionary
LIKEN
Lik"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Likened; p. pr. & vb. n. Likening.] Etym: [OE. liknen. See Like, a.]
1. To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. Matt. vii. 24.
2. To make or cause to be like. [R.] Brougham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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