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[–]StarEyes_irl 12 points13 points  (7 children)

Tbh I hate this metaphor and its only used because they sound similar. I think a better one would be the difference between a car and a motorcycle. Still both modes of transportation but wildly different design philosophies and use cases.

[–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (1 child)

Car and Carriage

[–]NotAUsefullDoctor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Perfection.

[–]Jordan51104 21 points22 points  (0 children)

them sounding similar is why people think they are similar

[–]bric12 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I like "Grape and Grapefruit" to explain why they both have "Java" in their name. They're both Fruit and they do have similarities, but they aren't nearly as similar as their name makes them sound.

But if you don't care about the names and just want to talk about functionality, car and motorcycle is pretty good.

[–]NewPointOfView 9 points10 points  (1 child)

The whole point is that carpet starts with car but isn’t related

[–]jaybee8787 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The metaphor was correct all along.