A metaphor is an analogy between two objects or ideas, conveyed by using a word instead of another word.

Metaphor can also refer to:

• Conceptual metaphor, metaphors in cognitive linguistics, understanding one idea or conceptual domain in terms of another
• Interface metaphor, metaphors in computer science, for example an icon of a filing cabinet for "filestore"
• Metaphor: ReFantazio, 2024 video game
• Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, a sculpture
• "Metaphor", a song by In Flames from their album Reroute to Remain
• "Metaphors", a poem by Sylvia Plath
• " The Metaphor", a short story by Budge Wilson
• Metaphor (designers), a London-based design firm founded in 2000
• Metaphor Computer Systems, producer of an advanced combined hardware/software offering

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