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Proem vs Exord - What's the difference?

proem | exord | Synonyms |

Proem is a synonym of exord.


As nouns the difference between proem and exord

is that proem is an introduction, preface or preamble while exord is (us|military) an execute order: an order to implement a specified plan.

proem

English

Noun

(proems)
  • An introduction, preface or preamble.

    • Related terms

    * proemial

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    exord

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literature) A preface or prefatory passage
  • * {{quote-journal, 1830, , Ferrario -- On Chivalry and Romance and Italian Romantic Poetry, Foreign Quarterly Review, volume=VI, issue=XIII, page=387 citation
    • , passage=One peculiarity of Bello is his having first broken through the custom of religious invocations at the heads of his cantos, in place of which he substituted poetical exords , or reflections on the events of his narrative, or on circumstances connected with them.}}

    Synonyms

    * preface * proem * exordium

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