A metaphor and a simile both describe something using a comparison to something else, but a metaphor does it an implied way, and a simile does it explicitly by using the word like or as.
Example of a simile: She looked like a cat that had just been thrown in the water. Example of a metaphor: She was a blank slate, ready to start anew.
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