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Idioms vs Adage - What's the difference?

idioms | adage |

As nouns the difference between idioms and adage

is that idioms is while adage is an old saying, which has obtained credit by long use.

idioms

English

Noun

(head)

    • 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