analogize

verb2

1. •
   To express as an analogy.

   • The teacher analogised swotting for an exam in terms of marathon training.
2. •
   To treat one thing as analogous to another.

   • Cruz was obviously analogizing Bernie Sanders to the Bolsheviks and Hillary Clinton to the Mensheviks. The oleaginous Texan is an erudite slyboots, but his history is off-kilter. — 2015