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False. Analogue does not mean having the same function.

Analogue, in this sense, means some action or thing seen as comparable to another.

If something is analogous of, or to something, it is proportional to something else.

The proportionality describes a primary/secondary relationship. If two actions/things are entirely comparable - i.e. orthagonality approximating 0.0 - then they are not analogues, but rather equivalents.

Something may be a poor comparison to another thing, but still be an analogue - albeit, a poor analogue in comparison to some other, original, instance.

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Yes that's where the word comes from. I was describing how the word was used here. You quibble with established usage. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogue#h1



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