Cliche vs Precept - What's the difference?
cliche | precept | Related terms |
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
(printing) A stereotype (printing plate).
A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
* 2006 : ,
** I need hardly point out that Pinker doesn't really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept .
* 1891 :
** He found a people in the extreme of barbarism living in caves, feeding upon the bloody flesh of animals they killed in hunting; he taught them many things, so that by his example, and for generations after he left them by his precepts , they advanced to high civilization.
(legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
Cliche is a related term of precept.
As nouns the difference between cliche and precept
is that cliche is (overused phrase or expression) while precept is a rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.As a verb precept is
(obsolete) to teach by precepts.cliche
English
Alternative forms
* clicheNoun
(wikipedia cliché) (en noun)- The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of a cliché .
Usage notes
* The alternative spelling .)Synonyms
* platitude * stereotype * See alsoDerived terms
*Anagrams
* ----precept
English
(wikipedia precept)Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Gift of Language
