Simile
Figure of speech indicating a similarity explicitly,e.g. using "like" or "as", contrasting to metaphor in which the similarity is implicit, e.g. of the form "A is B"
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", "so", or "than", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else). However, there are two schools of thought regarding the relationship between similes and metapho... Wikipedia