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Patois vs Prose - What's the difference?

patois | prose |

As nouns the difference between patois and prose

is that patois is a regional dialect of a language (especially french); usually considered substandard while prose is language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

As a verb prose is

to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

patois

English

Noun

(patois)
  • A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
  • Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
  • Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, , Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
  • A Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
  • Jargon or cant.

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    prose

    English

    (wikipedia prose)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
    • Though known mostly for her prose , she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
  • * Milton
    • things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme
  • Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
  • (Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.

    • Antonyms

    * poetry, verse

    Derived terms

    * prose poem * purple prose

    Related terms

    * prosaic * prosody

    Verb

  • to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190
    • Pray, do not prose , good Ethelbert, but speak
    What is your purpose?

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