Metaphors {metaphor, semantics} make analogies between two situations.
context
Context explains metaphor, because metaphor purpose was about context, not metaphor's usual meaning.
similarity
Metaphors use similarities between functions and structures, means and ends, conclusions and premises, effects and causes, and bodies and supports.
understanding
Understanding metaphorical language involves different language processes than comprehending literal language. Processes look at context, note that context does not allow literal word interpretation, and look for analogies, metaphors, and figurative language.
Meaning arises from actual-topic and analogous-topic interaction {interaction metaphor}.
Poetic or ornamental language can replace literal language {substitution metaphor}.
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