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Aphorism vs Byword - What's the difference?

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Aphorism is a related term of byword.


As nouns the difference between aphorism and byword

is that aphorism is an original laconic phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought while byword is a proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.

aphorism

English

(wikipedia aphorism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An original laconic phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought.

    • Synonyms

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    Related terms

    * aphorist * aphoristic

    See also

    * adage * apophthegm * maxim *

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    byword

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
  • A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
  • Someone or something that stands (metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
  • An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , chapter XII:
    • "I know you and Harry are inseparable. Surely for that reason, if for none other, you should not have made his sister's name a by-word ."
  • A nickname or epithet.