Adage vs Lore - What's the difference?
adage | lore |
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use
An old saying, which has been overused or considered a ; a trite maxim
all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
* Milton
The backstory created around a fictional universe.
(obsolete) workmanship
(anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
(anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
(obsolete) (lose)
* Spenser
As a noun adage
is an old saying, which has obtained credit by long use.As an adjective lore is
their.adage
English
(wikipedia adage)Noun
(en noun)- “Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage ” (Lady MacBeth)
Synonyms
* proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm * See alsolore
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lore, from (etyl) '', German ''Lehre . See also (l).Noun
- the lore of the Ancient Egyptians
- His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore .
- (Spenser)
Derived terms
* birdlore * booklore * catlore * doglore * faxlore * fishlore * folklore * photocopylore * woodlore * wortlore * xeroxloreEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* loredEtymology 3
Verb
(head)- Neither of them she found where she them lore .