Simile
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, Simile has been mentioned in one podcast episode on David Perell (Aug 2025).
A simile is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two unrelated things, using wording to explicitly make the comparison. It is usually understood specifically to entail figurative comparison: thus "a wolf is like a dog" is merely a literal comparison, whereas the figurative "a man is like a wolf" is a simile. In the words of Michael Israel, Jennifer Riddle Harding, and Vera Tobin, "basically, a simile is just a way of describing a target by asserting its similarity to some unexpected
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Aug 2025 on David Perell |
| Field | Linguistics, Literature |
Who talks about Simile on podcasts?
David Perell brought up Simile; the most recent mention was Aug 2025 on David Perell.
- Oxford Professor: AI Is Humanity’s Attempt to Make God — John Lennox on David Perell (Aug 2025) — David Perell
What is Simile mentioned alongside?
Simile is most often mentioned alongside Psalms (Book of Psalms), Materialism and Imago Dei.
Mentioned together: Psalms (Book of Psalms), Materialism, Imago Dei, Snake Path, Observation-Interpretation-Application, DeepMind, China, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, David Gooding, Richard Feynman