Crone vs Prone - What's the difference?

As a noun crone

is an old woman.

As an adjective prone is

lying face downward; prostrate.^{Wp

crone English

Noun
(en noun)

(obsolete) An old woman.
* Dryden
But still the crone was constant to her note.
An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
(obsolete) An old ewe.
(Tusser)
(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
* Beaconsfield
A few old battered crones of office.
* Washington Irving
The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel which his master had given him.

Synonyms
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prone English

Adjective
(en adjective)

Lying face downward; prostrate.^(w)
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*:But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
Having a downward inclination or slope.
Shooting from a lying down position.
Predisposed, liable, inclined.

Derived terms
* prone to

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