> simile-example analogue - the thing which is compared analogy - the act of comparing in this case you'd use "analogy", as in "this is an excellent analogy

> simile-example analogue - the thing which is compared analogy - the act of comparing in this case you'd use "analogy", as in "this is an excellent analogy ..." the analogue is the musical characteristics of the drums, in reference to musical styles, moving from style to instruments by, well, analogy.