All 9 Uses

analogy
in
Snow Crash
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The Ports serve a function analogous to airports: This is where you drop into the Metaverse from somewhere else.†
Chpt 5-6 *

analogous = similar in some respect
This sounds like an analogy, which I am not very good at— but even if it is taken literally, it is true.†
Chpt 27-28

analogy = a comparison of different things to point to a shared characteristic
He spoke of pollen blowing in the wind-I gather that this was some kind of analogy.†
Chpt 27-28
I cannot process an analogy.†
Chpt 29-30
Or to use Steiner's analogy: Try to draw up the creature from the depths of the sea, and it will disintegrate or change form grotesquely.†
Chpt 35-36
Lagos modified the strict Chomskyan theory by supposing that learning a language is like blowing code into PROMs-an analogy that I cannot interpret.†
Chpt 35-36
The analogy is clear.†
Chpt 35-36
Is this another analogy?†
Chpt 35-36
So a better analogy would be beach warfare in Vietnam: a broad open area that abruptly turns into jungle.†
Chpt 69-70

Definitions:

(1) (analogy)
a comparison of different things to point to a shared characteristic

Analogies are typically used to explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to something that is simpler or more familiar. They are also used in argument to suggest that what is true for one situation is also true in the other.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)