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DIFFERENCE, ANALOGICAL
Unlikeness in some perfection that is partly alike and partly unlike the other perfection with which it is being compared, e.g., the difference between knowledge in humans, which is sensible and rational, and in animals, which is merely sensible.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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