{"id":276720,"date":"2025-07-31T07:54:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=276720"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:54:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:54:26","slug":"complete-the-analogy-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/31\/complete-the-analogy-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete the analogy."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1334.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276724\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is&nbsp;<strong>aircraft<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key to solving this analogy lies in understanding the relationship between the first pair of words: nightmare and dream. A nightmare is a specific type of dream, characterized by its frightening or distressing nature. The relationship is therefore one of a specific example to its broader, more general category. A nightmare falls under the general umbrella of dreams. To complete the analogy correctly, we must find a word that serves as a general category for the specific example of a blimp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s apply this &#8220;specific is to general&#8221; logic to the second pair of words. A blimp is a particular kind of flying machine. It is a type of airship, specifically a non rigid one, which uses a lighter than air gas to achieve flight. We need to identify the general class of vehicles to which a blimp belongs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evaluating the given options, &#8220;aircraft&#8221; is the most suitable choice. The term aircraft is a broad classification for any machine capable of flight, including airplanes, helicopters, gliders, and airships like blimps. Therefore, a blimp is a specific type of aircraft. This perfectly mirrors the relationship between a nightmare and a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other options are incorrect because they do not fit this pattern. A &#8220;boat&#8221; is a vehicle for water travel, so a blimp is not a type of boat. A &#8220;plane&#8221; is also a specific type of aircraft, just as a blimp is. Choosing &#8220;plane&#8221; would be analogous to saying &#8220;nightmare is to lucid dream,&#8221; which compares two specific types within the same category rather than a specific type to its general category. The analogy requires the overarching classification, which is aircraft. Thus, the completed analogy reads: nightmare is to dream as blimp is to aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner6-2653.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276726\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is&nbsp;aircraft. The key to solving this analogy lies in understanding the relationship between the first pair of words: nightmare and dream. A nightmare is a specific type of dream, characterized by its frightening or distressing nature. 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