Question

The first two words are related in a particular way. Choose the word that completes the second pair using the same relationship.

Weed : Garden :: Edit : ?

• A. Publisher
• B. Editor
• C. News
• D. Puzzle

Hint:

Think about what weeding does to a garden, then look for the option that gets the same treatment from editing.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

In this analogy, the first pair is Weed : Garden. To weed means to remove unwanted plants from a patch of land so that it stays healthy and tidy. So weed is the action, and garden is the object on which that action is carried out. We need a second pair that follows the same action to object pattern, this time with the action edit.

1. Publisher: A publisher is the person or company that puts out a piece of writing after it has been edited. This word names a person or an organisation, not the material being edited, so it breaks the pattern.
2. Editor: An editor is the person who does the editing. Since the pattern needs the object being acted upon, not the person doing the action, this option does not fit either.
3. News: News is written content that is checked, corrected, and refined before it is printed or broadcast. Just as a garden is weeded to remove what does not belong, news is edited to remove errors and unwanted material. This keeps the same action to object relationship as the first pair.
4. Puzzle: A puzzle is solved, not edited in the everyday sense that fits this pattern, so it does not match the relationship.

The correct option is News, because just as a garden is the thing that gets weeded, news is the thing that gets edited.

Let's summarize:

• Weed : Garden shows an action performed on a place to keep it clean and healthy.
• Edit : News follows the same pattern, since news is refined and corrected through editing.
• Publisher and Editor name people, not the object of the action, so they cannot complete the pair.

So the word that completes the analogy Weed : Garden :: Edit : ? is News.