analogy -- (an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others)
analogy -- (drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up")
doctrine of analogy, analogy -- (the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate)