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minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThat’s not a metaphor, it’s a comparison, which is when you state a difference between two things.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoSaying that your love burns hot is a metaphor, because love does not burn. The comparison is irrelevant.
minus-squarePrehensile_cloaca @lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoWhat if love had a spicy burrito for lunch?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThen it remains a metaphorical burrito.
That’s not a metaphor, it’s a comparison, which is when you state a difference between two things.
Saying that your love burns hot is a metaphor, because love does not burn. The comparison is irrelevant.
Oh, good point.
What if love had a spicy burrito for lunch?
Then it remains a metaphorical burrito.
No, probably carnitas.
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