Different Types of Relationship between the Words

Individual words can be found in any language, but they are always organised into a vocabulary group together, much like a family. Some of the words in this family are quite closely linked to one another, while others in the family are not nearly as closely related. There is a predetermined sequence of hierarchy within which some words come after a parent term, which is followed by other terms.

There are a few words that share a nearly same appearance as well as the same pronunciation, but they are in no way connected to one another. In the same breath, there are some words that, despite their dissimilar appearances and pronunciations, are still connected to one another in a very close way. When learning to speak and write in a language, it is essential to not only comprehend the words used in that language but also to be able to recognise the connections between the words.

In some ways words are like families. Words are connected to one another in a variety of ways, each of which is analogous to the various ways in which members of the same family are related to one another. Think about your own household. You possibly have relatives who share your interests in the activities that you enjoy doing. On the other hand, they might look nothing like you at all. It’s possible that some of your relatives hail from another town. It’s possible that they have peculiar accents, but they all “sound the same.” It is likely that there are still some more who are rebels. They consistently have desires that are diametrically opposed to those of everyone else in the family.

There are connections between each word that are analogous to one another. Synonyms are a group of words that share the same meaning but have slightly different spellings. Both words have extremely similar connotations (for example, pretty and cute). An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word (for example, pretty and ugly). Examples of antonyms include pretty and ugly. There and their are examples of homonyms, which are words that are pronounced similarly to one another but have different meanings.

Types of Analogies Based on Meanings of the Words

The word “analogy” comes from the ancient Greek word “analogia,” which is also whence we derive the word “proportion.” A sizeable portion of the word can be traced back to the ancient Proto-Indo-European root *leg-, which means “to collect” or “to gather” in modern English. This root is the origin of a significant portion of the word. There is a vast range of subcategories that may be applied to analogies, and each of these subcategories can be used to represent a particular kind of relationship. One example that could be used to illustrate an analogy is as follows:

The use of colons in place of words is by far the most common method for writing out analogies, and this style of writing is the most common practise. Another way of expressing the same concept is to write it as “Branch is to tree as arm is to person,” which is just another way of saying the same thing. One way of looking at it is that a branch is a component of a tree in the same way that an arm is a component of a person. This comparison can be made because of the similarities between the two. The idea that something can be compared to something else can be applied to a wide range of different domains.

List of Analogies

Two types of analogies dominate writing:

1. Similar analogies. Greek intellectuals utilised analogies to establish similar links between two pairs of words, frequently for logical argument. “A is to B as C is to D” “Black is to white as on is to off” is a similar concept. Black and white are antonyms, just like on and off (on and off are also opposites).
2. Shared abstraction analogies. This analogy contrasts two unconnected things based on a shared trait or pattern. “Raising children is like gardening—nurture and be patient.” This illustration connects childrearing and gardening. This form of analogy helps make abstract issues (like parenting children) more concrete by using familiar pictures (like gardening).

Cause to effect analogies

The second kind of analogy is one that compares causes to their effects. One of the words in this analogy describes an action or condition as its cause, also known as its origin, and another word describes an action or condition as its effect, also known as its result or consequence.

Here is an illustration of that:

Pain in the tooth, cavity, earthquake, and tsunami all come to mind.

What was the root cause of the tsunami? That earthquake! The question is, what caused the pain in the tooth? The cavity, as one would expect! Therefore, there is one word in each pair that represents a cause, and that word is coupled with another term that describes an effect.

Conclusion 

Individual words can be found in any language, but they are always organised into a vocabulary group together, much like a family. Some of the words in this family are quite closely linked to one another, while others in the family are not nearly as closely related.The use of colons in place of words is by far the most common method for writing out analogies, and this style of writing is the most common practice. Another way of expressing the same concept is to write it as “Branch is to tree as arm is to person,” which is just another way of saying the same thing.