Liken
verb
To compare one thing to another.
He likened the planet to a distant star.
Often appears as...
- liken to
- liken something/someone to something/someone
verb
To compare one thing to another.
He likened the planet to a distant star.
Often appears as...
- liken to
- liken something/someone to something/someone
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Pro Tip 1/3Similarity Highlight
Use 'liken' when emphasizing similarities, even if things aren't exactly the same.
In her speech, she likened the human brain to a computer.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Use
'Liken' is often used metaphorically to make a comparison more vivid or understandable.
Critics have likened his writing style to that of Hemingway.
Pro Tip 3/3Creative Descriptions
Writers 'liken' things to paint a unique, creative picture in the reader's mind.
The poet likened the sunset to an artist's palette.
Pro Tip 1/3Similarity Highlight
Use 'liken' when emphasizing similarities, even if things aren't exactly the same.
In her speech, she likened the human brain to a computer.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Use
'Liken' is often used metaphorically to make a comparison more vivid or understandable.
Critics have likened his writing style to that of Hemingway.
Pro Tip 3/3Creative Descriptions
Writers 'liken' things to paint a unique, creative picture in the reader's mind.
The poet likened the sunset to an artist's palette.
Pro Tip 1/3Similarity Highlight
Use 'liken' when emphasizing similarities, even if things aren't exactly the same.
In her speech, she likened the human brain to a computer.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Use
'Liken' is often used metaphorically to make a comparison more vivid or understandable.
Critics have likened his writing style to that of Hemingway.
Pro Tip 3/3Creative Descriptions
Writers 'liken' things to paint a unique, creative picture in the reader's mind.
The poet likened the sunset to an artist's palette.
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How Cicadas Become...
they're edible they're they're tasty according to some people i actually have not tried them yet okay so do you have a cicada recipe are you gonna are you gonna do like eat them raw are you gonna like you got stir-fry planned or what's your stir fry is it does sound like a good idea i mean a lot of people have liken them to
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How video game skills...
And I'm going to take you through each in turn. The first type of skill required to master esports is mechanical skill, sometimes referred to as micro. Mechanical skill governs activating and aiming in-game abilities with pixel-perfect accuracy. And I'd most liken mechanical skill to playing an instrument like piano.
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How a Great White Shark...
You can liken it to a whole series of steak knives in a fish's mouth. The top teeth are the cutters. They are highly serrated, and they are basically the teeth that saw into the flesh of their prey. The bottom teeth are very different. They're much more narrow but equally as serrated.
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The Restorative Power of...
You work under master tattooers, learning everything that you need to know about how to tattoo before you even ever do a tattoo. The day I came to create my first tattoo was the most terrifying day of my life. And the only thing I could liken it to is like learning to drive.
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History's "worst" nun -...
by posing the most difficult questions they could muster. But Juana successfully answered every challenge, from complicated equations to philosophical queries. Observers would later liken the scene to “a royal galleon fending off a few canoes.”
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4 ways we can avoid a...
I think that there's a better way to solve our urban water crisis and I think that's to open up four new local sources of water that I liken to faucets. If we can make smart investments in these new sources of water in the coming years,
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Army Ants, Orchids and...
forest on the surfaces of single leaves so here you have a sprouting plant on a leaf surface in a rain forest and all kinds of other plants there and you can find things like this is a liver wart and this is believe it now I liken it's
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Mapping the Future of...
that I liken to three systems in the human body. And what we have here is the world's highways and railways oil and gas pipelines, electricity grids internet cables. All of this infrastructure that has massively, exponentially
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Black Women and the...
while other suffragists are prepared to stand back during the war she is prepared in us to go ahead and even liken wilson and his refusal to support the vote for women she will liken that
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The Price of Adventure PIPE...
oh um i always liken it to this moment of tranquility and sort of um a rare moment that you savor and that that sense of exposure and to to look out of over that place and then finding
Video examples
How Cicadas Become...
they're edible they're they're tasty according to some people i actually have not tried them yet okay so do you have a cicada recipe are you gonna are you gonna do like eat them raw are you gonna like you got stir-fry planned or what's your stir fry is it does sound like a good idea i mean a lot of people have liken them to
Video examples
How video game skills...
And I'm going to take you through each in turn. The first type of skill required to master esports is mechanical skill, sometimes referred to as micro. Mechanical skill governs activating and aiming in-game abilities with pixel-perfect accuracy. And I'd most liken mechanical skill to playing an instrument like piano.
Video examples
How a Great White Shark...
You can liken it to a whole series of steak knives in a fish's mouth. The top teeth are the cutters. They are highly serrated, and they are basically the teeth that saw into the flesh of their prey. The bottom teeth are very different. They're much more narrow but equally as serrated.
Video examples
The Restorative Power of...
You work under master tattooers, learning everything that you need to know about how to tattoo before you even ever do a tattoo. The day I came to create my first tattoo was the most terrifying day of my life. And the only thing I could liken it to is like learning to drive.
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History's "worst" nun -...
by posing the most difficult questions they could muster. But Juana successfully answered every challenge, from complicated equations to philosophical queries. Observers would later liken the scene to “a royal galleon fending off a few canoes.”
Video examples
4 ways we can avoid a...
I think that there's a better way to solve our urban water crisis and I think that's to open up four new local sources of water that I liken to faucets. If we can make smart investments in these new sources of water in the coming years,
Video examples
Army Ants, Orchids and...
forest on the surfaces of single leaves so here you have a sprouting plant on a leaf surface in a rain forest and all kinds of other plants there and you can find things like this is a liver wart and this is believe it now I liken it's
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Mapping the Future of...
that I liken to three systems in the human body. And what we have here is the world's highways and railways oil and gas pipelines, electricity grids internet cables. All of this infrastructure that has massively, exponentially
Video examples
Black Women and the...
while other suffragists are prepared to stand back during the war she is prepared in us to go ahead and even liken wilson and his refusal to support the vote for women she will liken that
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The Price of Adventure PIPE...
oh um i always liken it to this moment of tranquility and sort of um a rare moment that you savor and that that sense of exposure and to to look out of over that place and then finding
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.
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Ronny Cox
American Actor
I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette.
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Pete Holmes
American Comedian
Sometimes I liken the comedian's lifestyle a little bit to a firefighter's in the sense that there's a lot of waiting and a lot of nothingness. And then there are moments of urgent firefighting.
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Julian Baggini
British Author
True virtue would never liken its rewards to points on a loyalty card, not because it is its own reward, but because it is not something we should practice to accrue future benefits.
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James Wolk
American Actor
I started in theater. I would liken sitcom work more to theater work than I would, perhaps, to dramatic television. It's so quick. It kind of feels like the pace of a play.
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Sean Lock
English Comedian
I liken all jobs to decorating. If you don't do the preparation, sand down and prime first, you won't get a good paint job, and that's the same as everything in life.
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Martin Shkreli
Albanian Businessman
I don't mean to be presumptuous, but I liken myself to the robber barons.
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Jessica Jung
American Musician
I always liken life to a book where you turn the pages one at a time.
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Bill Skarsgard
Swedish Actor
I liken every character that I do to a relationship that you're in.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.
Quote examples
Ronny Cox
American Actor
I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette.
Quote examples
Pete Holmes
American Comedian
Sometimes I liken the comedian's lifestyle a little bit to a firefighter's in the sense that there's a lot of waiting and a lot of nothingness. And then there are moments of urgent firefighting.
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Julian Baggini
British Author
True virtue would never liken its rewards to points on a loyalty card, not because it is its own reward, but because it is not something we should practice to accrue future benefits.
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James Wolk
American Actor
I started in theater. I would liken sitcom work more to theater work than I would, perhaps, to dramatic television. It's so quick. It kind of feels like the pace of a play.
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Sean Lock
English Comedian
I liken all jobs to decorating. If you don't do the preparation, sand down and prime first, you won't get a good paint job, and that's the same as everything in life.
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Martin Shkreli
Albanian Businessman
I don't mean to be presumptuous, but I liken myself to the robber barons.
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Jessica Jung
American Musician
I always liken life to a book where you turn the pages one at a time.
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Bill Skarsgard
Swedish Actor
I liken every character that I do to a relationship that you're in.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
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