Refer
To relate
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Kryptonite, Superman's weakness, would refer to something that is poisonous, yet the song was most definitely trying to relate it to an addicting drug.
Source: Analogy Backfire - They refer to humans and other races that need to sleep with the name drajna/drasna, and find it very difficult to relate to their bad habit of "lazily lying on the ground".
Source: The Sleepless
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