vergelykings
Vergelykings is a figure of speech in Afrikaans that expresses a comparison between two different things in order to highlight a particular quality or attribute. The aim is to make an idea more vivid or easier to understand by linking something familiar to something new or abstract. In practice, vergelykings often involve a tenor (the thing being described) and a vehicle (the image used to describe it), with a ground that explains the basis of the comparison.
They are common in everyday speech as well as in poetry and prose. Vergelykings help readers and
There are two main forms: duidelike vergelyking (explicit simile) and indirekte vergelyking (indirect or implicit simile).
Vergelyking is distinct from metafore, where the vehicle replaces the tenor without an explicit basis of comparison.