Definition of "analogous" []

• Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy. (adjective)
• Biology Similar in function but not in structure and evolutionary origin. (adjective)

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• "The title “Son of God,” or simply “Son,” [1] thus became for Jesus a title analogous to “Son of man,” and, like that, synonymous with the"
• "The title "Son of God," or simply "Son," [1] thus became for Jesus a title analogous to "Son of man," and, like that, synonymous with the"
• "(Perhaps this in analogous to the question of whether clinical depression is simply the tail end of natural variations of being “blue”)."