The jargon from category theory for this phenomenon is - partial ordering. It really is an interesting thing. In fact, as human beings who by nature think in t

The jargon from category theory for this phenomenon is - partial ordering. It really is an interesting thing. In fact, as human beings who by nature think in terms of abstract, non-concrete units (as opposed to mathematically precise units like a computer program), we tend to compare two related things. They might belong to the same category of things, but they might not be eligible for direct comparison at all. Once you internalize partial ordering, our brain gets a little more comfortable handling similar, yet incomparable analogies.