Comparing a situation, large or small, to another situation which follows a similar pattern from start to outcome.
"wow, look at him go, he never even got to meet his father, yet he is doing it the exact same way; if he breaks the record it will definitely be Metaparable"
In a RPG, metaplaying is the insertion of out-of-character knowledge into an in-character area. This is typically against a fully fledged RPGs rules and will eventually result in a ban.
Sarah reads that Tom's character (Bob) is involved in a top secret project for the government and doesn't say anything to anyone about it. Sarah engages her character (Kelly) with Bob. Kelly knows all about Bob's top secret project and his job details, despite Bob not having said anything to Kelly (in-character). Kelly metaplayed Bob.
A tool, device, handy utility, or gadget used within a synthetic virtual world, metaverse, or MMPORPG. A metapparatus is generally invented and built by users of the virtual world, rather than a non-user created device. A metapparatus is generally used to work with other users in socialization, collaboration, building, creating user content, and increased ease of Avatar use inworld.
"Please attach your metapparatus for our virtual seminar so you will hear the guest speaker and be able to interact with the presentation"
metaphor: the use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile.