analogue

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 2, 2023 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>analogue</strong> &#149; \AN-uh-log\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><em>Analogue</em> refers to something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc. In other words, an analogue is analogous to something else.</p> <p>// There are many historical <em>analogues</em> to our current political situation that we can learn from in order not to repeat the mistakes of the past. </p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogue">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>“When the 32-year-old artist Gray Wielebinski was growing up in Dallas, he saw 10-gallon hats and boots as the marks of a fantastical machismo that belonged as much to him as to cisgender men. … In his work, the cowboy is a tragic figure professionally endangered by commercial ranching, making him an <em>analogue</em> to the queer establishments that have closed in recent years.” — Evan Moffitt, <em>The New York Times</em>, 6 Sept. 2023</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Analogue</em> is a handy word for something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc., as in “tofu is a meat analogue.” Like its relations <em>analogy</em> and <em>analogous</em>, it traces back ultimately to the Greek word <em>lógos</em>, meaning “word,” “speech,” “relation,” “correspondence,” and “proportion.” Not to get too <a href="/dictionary/meta">meta</a> about <em>analogue</em>, but the nouns <a href="/dictionary/analogue"><em>analogue</em></a> and <a href="/dictionary/analog"><em>analog</em></a> are themselves analogues (or, ahem, analogs) of one another: they differ only in spelling, though the <em>analogue</em> spelling is more common except in contexts related to chemistry. The pair also function as adjectives—as in “an analog watch” or “an