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Arage vs Adage - What's the difference?

arage | adage |

As a verb arage

is (obsolete|transitive) to enrage.

As a noun adage is

an old saying, which has obtained credit by long use.

arage

English

Verb

(arag)
  • (obsolete) To enrage.
  • *1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book VII:
  • *:Than every knyght lepe frome the bourde ashamed and araged for wratthe nyghe oute of hir wittis [...].

    • adage

    English

    (wikipedia adage)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use
  • An old saying, which has been overused or considered a ; a trite maxim
    • “Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage ” (Lady MacBeth)

    Synonyms

    * proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm * See also