# What it's not about so much about

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The piece shares an XKCD comic about distinctions among analogies, metaphors, and similes.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 21 July 2010

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2010/07/what-its-not-about-so-much/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 21 July 2010
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, analogy, figurative-language.

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