I'm looking for a word, basically a perpendicular counterpart for "analogy". What do I mean by perpendicular? Well, imagine a two-dimensional grid, a chart if you will. Along the horizontal axis are separate topics, like "dogs, cats, mice, humans" for example, and along the vertical axis are concepts related to these topics, like "average size, diet, predators, communication". The horizontal axis would be analogy, or sets of analogs (dogs eat kibble, cats eat fancy feast, mice eat cheese, humans eat donuts). If this is so, then what would you call the vertical axis? Topic or subject sort of works, but doesn't quite fit as neatly as I'd like. What I'm really looking for is something with a meaning truly perpendicular to that of analog.
The reasoning behind this is that I have a hard time understanding concepts when they're presented in a linear fashion (like standard-form written language), which can be rather one-dimensional. I'm a visual learner, so I'm always trying to find ways of organizing and presenting concepts in at least two dimensions. Also, this ties in with the philosophizing I've been doing lately about multi-dimensional existence and thought. So, if you think of the word I'm looking for, or anything remotely related to it, send it my way.
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