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Prob vs Prog - What's the difference?

prob | prog |

As nouns the difference between prob and prog

is that prob is (informal) short form of (problem) while prog is threshold.

As an abbreviation prob

is abbreviation of (probably), often seen in dictionary etymologies.

prob

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • Abbreviation of (probably), often seen in dictionary etymologies.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) Short form of (problem).
    • No prob, I'll fix it tomorrow.
    English clippings

    prog

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviations.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Abbreviation of progressive.
  • * 2003 , Frank Moriarty, Seventies Rock: The Decade of Creative Chaos
    • Captain Beyond had tentatively dipped their toe in the uncharted American waters of prog rock, but in England, progression was the name of the game, with a host of bands elevating themselves ...

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) Progressive rock
  • (computing, informal) A program.
  • * 2001 , "n.one", transfer progs from comp to comp'' (on newsgroup ''24hoursupport.helpdesk )
  • * 2001', "Yoda", ''How do I get '''progs to run when linux 7.1 starts up?'' (on newsgroup ''linux.redhat )
  • * 2003 , "Leo Edwards", Automating the Windows backup prog to commence backups?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.win98.apps )
    • I've looked around if I can get the prog to start a backup itself, but it still requires some manual commands.
  • proctor

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (slang, obsolete) Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
    • (Jonathan Swift)
  • * (Robert Browning)
    • So long as he picked from the filth his prog .
  • (slang, obsolete) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.

    • Verb

    (progg)
  • (obsolete, slang) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.
  • * Fuller
    • a perfect artist in progging for money
  • * Burke
    • I have been endeavouring to prog for you.
  • (obsolete, slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.
    • (Johnson)
  • (Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.
    • (Webster 1913)

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