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Precept vs Aphorism - What's the difference?

precept | aphorism |

As nouns the difference between precept and aphorism

is that precept is a rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct while aphorism is an original laconic phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought.

As a verb precept

is (obsolete) to teach by precepts.

precept

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
  • * 2006 : , The Gift of Language
  • ** I need hardly point out that Pinker doesn't really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept .
  • * 1891 :
  • ** He found a people in the extreme of barbarism living in caves, feeding upon the bloody flesh of animals they killed in hunting; he taught them many things, so that by his example, and for generations after he left them by his precepts , they advanced to high civilization.
  • (legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To teach by precepts.
  • (Francis Bacon)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    aphorism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An original laconic phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * adage * apophthegm * maxim *