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Preface vs Prolog - What's the difference?

preface | prolog |

As nouns the difference between preface and prolog

is that preface is the part of the liturgy that precedes the main part of the eucharist while prolog is a speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

preface

English

(wikipedia preface)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book.
    • The book included a brief preface by a leading expert in the field.
  • An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
  • * Shakespeare
    • This superficial tale / Is but a preface of her worthy praise.
  • * Milton
    • Heaven's high behest no preface needs.
  • (Roman Catholic) The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.

    • Verb

    (prefac)
  • To introduce or make a comment before (the main point).
    • Let me preface this by saying that I don't know him that well.
  • To give a preface to.
    • to preface a book

    Related terms

    * prefatory

    See also

    * foretalk * foreword * introduction * prelude

    prolog

    English

    (wikipedia Prolog)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A programming language developed in the 1970s for artificial intelligence and logic programming.
  • * 2006 , Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now! , §7.1
    • Prolog has been used for many purposes, but its inventor, Alain Colmerauer, was interested in computational linguistics, and this remains a classic application for the language. Moreover, Prolog offers a number of tools which make life easier for computational linguists, and we are now going to start learning about one of the most useful of these: definite clause grammars, or DCGs as they are usually called.