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What are some analogies with more than one solution?

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What are some analogies with more than one solution?
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Analogy Pairs
M.N. van der Riet
Republic of South Africa
October 1990

1. VICTORIANISM: HIPPOCRATISM :: VICTORIA:
2. VICTORIANISM: HIPPOCRATISM :: COINS:
3. NIGHT: DAY :: NOCTURNAL:
4. NIGHT: DAY :: NYCTALOPIA:
S. STABlLlSER: ELEVATOR :: FIN:
6. STABILISER: ELEVATOR :: WING:
7. GRAPE: PLUM :: VINEYARD:
8. GRAPE: PLUM :: BRANDY:
9. AMERICAN: RUSSIAN :: ASTRONAUT:
10. AMERICAN: RUSSIAN :: RUTHERFORDIUM:
11. MALE: FEMALE :: ARRHENOTOKY:
12. MALE: FEMALE :: DECATHLON:
13. TEA: COFFEE :: THEACEAE :
14. TEA: COFFEE :: INFUSION :
15. HUMAN: CATTLE :: CORPSE:
16. HUMAN : CATTLE :: EUNUCH:
17. FEMALE: MALE :: SIREN:
18. FEMALE: MALE :: CARYATID:
19. MOON : EARTH :: APOCYNTHION:
20. MOON: EARTH :: SELENIUM:
21. URSA MINOR: CANIS MAJOR :: BEAR:
22. URSA MINOR: CANIS MAJOR :: POLARIS:
23. GREENHEART: PROTOPLASM :: RENEGADE:
24. GREENHEART: PROTOPLASM :: GENERATE:
25. BILE: CHOLAGOGUE :: SMELL:
26. BILE: CHOLAGOGUE :: SALIVA:
27. JEW: CATHOLIC :: RABBINICAL:
28. JEW: CATHOLIC :: YARMULKE:
29. HYDROLYSIS: ESTERIFICATION :: EVAPORATION:
30. HYDROLYSIS: ESTERIFICATION :: K-CAPTURE:
31. ITALY : INDIA :: SICILY
32. ITALY: INDIA :: LATIN:
33. TRANSPARENT: DIAPHANOUS :: NEPTUNE:
34. TRANSPARENT: DIAPHANOUS :: ACUTIFOLIATE:
35. TOBACCO: NICOTINE :: CINCHONA:
36. TOBACCO: NICOTINE :: POMEGRANATE:
37. KIP: AT :: KYAT:
38. ICIP: AT :: LEU:
39. PIG: PORK :: GAME:
40. PIG: PORK :: SNAIL:
41. SECTIONAL: COASTLINE :: OOCYTE:
42. SECTIONAL: COASTLINE :: VACUOLATE:
43. BOL: ERO :: FLAM:
44. BOL: ERO :: LAB:
45. TREE: SPOON :: ARBOR:
46. TREE: SPOON :: BONG
47. PARIS: COPENHAGEN :: FRANCE:
48. PARIS: COPENHAGEN :: LUTETIUM:
49. RED: BLUE :: GREEN:
50. RED: BLUE :: ERYTHEMA:
51. 5169: 120 :: 1010000110001:
52. S169: 120 :: 1010111:
53. HEAT: WIND :: THERMOMETER:
54. HEAT: WIND :: IGNEOUS:
55. 5: 2 :: HE:
56. 5: 2 :: LOAF:
57. 2: 5 :: He:
58. 2: 5 :: DOMINO:
59. DOWN: UP :: SNAKE:
60. DOWN: UP :: STRANGE:
61. 4N + 3: 4N + 2 :: 7:
62. 4N + 3: 4N + 2 :: ACTINIUM:
63. FROLICSOME : MOORS :: STAGE-COACH:
64. FROLICSOME : MOORS :: SHIGELLA
65. CHILD: ADULT :: IMP:
66. CHILD: ADULT :: RACHITIS:
67. LOOK: TOUCH :: VISUAL:
68. LOOK: TOUCH :: VOYEUR:
69. ANAPAEST: DACTYL :: IAMBUS :
70. ANAPAEST: DACTYL :: U:
71. CRICK: WATSON :: PENZIAS:
72. CRICK: WATSON :: HERTZSPRUNG:
73. X: X + 1 :: HARVEST MOON:
74. X: X + 1 :: O H M S:
7S. HYDRA: HERCULES :: MEDUSA:
76. HYDRA: HERCULES :: CHIMAERA:
77. DISCRETE: CONTINUOUS :: CHILIAGON:
78. DISCRETE: CONTINUOUS :: BINOMIAL:
79. F#: Gb :: STOAT:
80. F#: Gb :: TERJUBILEE:
81. GENERAL: SPECIFIC :: GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT:
82. GENERAL: SPECIFIC :: CRYPTARITHM:
83. 22: 9 :: LOLLO:
84. 22: 9 :: TITANIUM:
85. ARRIVAL: DEPARTURE :: LAND:
86. ARRIVAL: DEPARTURE :: RUDIMENT:
87. RUSSIA: SOMALIA :: MOSCOW:
88. RUSSIA: SOMALIA :: OBLAST:
89. IS: WAS :: ANTIMONY:
90. IS: WAS :: SCHIZOPHRENIA:
91. SiO2: TiO2 :: SILICON:
92. SiO2: TiO2 :: SILICA:
93. OHM : MHO :: SEMORDNILAP
94. OHM: MHO :: HALF:
95. AEEOUU: EUOUAE :: CHRTW:
96. AEEOUU: EUOUAE :: DKRTYZ:
97. MKS: MTS :: KILOGRAM:
98. MKS: MTS :: NEWTON:
99. APPLE: PEAR :: POMUM:
100. APPLE : PEAR :: CIDER:
101. RIDGE: FURROW :: GYRUS:
102. RIDGE: FURROW :: HORST:
103. 100: 9 :: MEDUSA: (INMAN)
104. 100: 9 :: PERCENTILE: (HOEFLIN)
105. CIS: TRANS :: MALEIC:
106. CIS: TRANS :: OLEIC:
107. 12: 21 :: 144:
108. 13: 31 :: 169:
109. 930: 969 :: CMXXX:
110. 930: 969 :: ADAM:
111. 2: 3 :: VENUS:
112. 2: 3 :: RELAPSE:
113. CONFESSION : OF SIN : CoNFeSSiON:
114. CONFESSION : OF SIN : GOBBLEDYGOOK:
115. SOLDIER : SAILOR :: MILES:
116. SOLDIER : SAILOR :: MILES PER HOUR:
117. VARICES : VISCERA :: VARIX:
118. VARICES : VISCERA :: ENTICER:
119. JOY: SORROW :: LAETITIA:
120. JOY: SORROW :: THALIA: