Okay...uhmmm, what is an analogy?

An analogy can be a few things, here. It can be a similarity between like features of two things, off of which a comparison may be based on. So, you can have a similarity or a comparability that basically, commits to creating an understanding in one way or another. Logically, it can be a form of reasoning in which something is implied to be a bit similar to another thing in a certain type of respect, on the basis of the known similarity between other things but, in a different respect...I guess, you could say.