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Most speakers and writers use the terms metaphor and simile as if they mean exactly the same thing. But they are not A simile is a metaphor but not all metaphors are similes. A metaphor compares two things and does so more directly without using as or like. For example the shop was a little goldmine. A simile compares usually introduced by like or as two things that are generally not alikesuch as a line of migrant workers and a wave or onion skins and a swarm of butterflies.Writers and authors use similes to explain things to express emotion or to make their writing more lively and entertaining. Metaphors also offer figurative comparisons but these are implied rather than introduced by like or as. Salient Featureso Thousands of widely used popular Metaphors Similes in Englisho Inclusion of foreign Metaphors Similes currently in use in English languageo Arranged alphabetically from A Zo Worth recommending without second thoughtAn authoritative Dictionary of Metaphors Similes for students writers and general readers