analogous
əˈnaləɡəs/Submit
adjective
comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared.
"they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children"
synonyms: comparable, parallel, similar, like, corresponding, related, kindred, matching, cognate, equivalent, symmetrical, homologous
"sport is in some ways analogous to life"