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Both similes and metaphors are a way of comparing one thing to another. The difference is that with a simile, you say that A is similar to B, but with a metaphor you simply say that A is B.
For example:
He was as big and hairy as a mammoth. (Simile)
He was a big, hairy mammoth. (Metaphor -- unless you are really talking about a mammoth)
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