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  1. METAPHOR ... (1) All figures of speech that achieve their effect through association, comparison, and resemblance. Figures like antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy, simile are all species of metaphor.

    -Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | TOM McARTHUR

    http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/metaphor.aspx#4

     

    This doesn't appear to be a widely accepted belief anymore (probably because we were all taught in elementary school that they are distinct) but there are some interesting articles in this link about the history of metaphors.

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