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What is the difference between the figure for and the figure of ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between the figure for and the figure of ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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"The figure for" means to provide information for, or an estimate of. Example: The daily viewing figures for BBC are 1 million viewers.
"Figure of" is used in figurative speech, a phrase which is non-literal. Example: "Time is money" is a figure of speech because it is a metaphor. Or, "they are like peas in a pod" is a figure of speech because it is a simile, indicating that two people are very much alike.
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