Impressionable vs Prone - What's the difference?
impressionable | prone |
An impressionable person.
* 1942 , Frank Gervasi, War Has Seven Faces
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.
As adjectives the difference between impressionable and prone
is that impressionable is being easily influenced (especially of young people) while prone is lying face downward; prostrate.WpAs a noun impressionable
is an impressionable person.impressionable
English
Noun
(en noun)- They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.