Analogous meaning

adjective

1. similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

   “brains and computers are often considered analogous”

   “salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar”

   Synonymscorrespondent

2. corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin

   “the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous”

   Oppositeshomologousheterologous