Motto vs Proverbs - What's the difference?
motto | proverbs |
(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}} A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims.
As nouns the difference between motto and proverbs
is that motto is motto while proverbs is .motto
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en-noun)- It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, ... Serve God, and be cheerful.
citation, passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}
