anaphora vs comparison

anaphora

noun
  • The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis. 

  • An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context. 

  • An expression that refers to a preceding expression. 

  • The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ. 

comparison

noun
  • A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe. 

  • The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. 

  • An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other. 

  • That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. 

  • The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared. 

  • A simile. 

  • With a negation, the state of being similar or alike. 

How often have the words anaphora and comparison occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )