Prompt vs Borne - What's the difference?
prompt | borne |
(archaic) Ready, willing (to act).
* 1623 , William Shakespeare, Antony & Cleopatra , III.8:
Quick, acting without delay.
On time, punctual.
A reminder or cue.
(business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
* John Stuart Mill
(computing) A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
(writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
To lead someone toward what they should say or do.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 2
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Bulgaria 0-3 England
, work=BBC
(theater, and, television) - to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
carried, supported.
* 1901 -
* 1881: ", Poems , page
* c.2000 - , II
* 1907 , , The Dust of Conflict chapter 21 [http://openlibrary.org/works/OL4429277W]
*:“Can't you understand that love without confidence is a worthless thing—and that had you trusted me I would have borne any obloquy with you.”
As adjectives the difference between prompt and borne
is that prompt is (archaic) ready, willing (to act) while borne is narrow.As a noun prompt
is a reminder or cue.As a verb prompt
is to lead someone toward what they should say or do.prompt
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Tell him, I am prompt To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele.
- He was very prompt at getting a new job.
- Be prompt for your appointment.
Derived terms
* promptnessNoun
(en noun)- To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt , which for this article [tea] is three months.
- I filled in my name where the prompt appeared on the computer screen but my account wasn't recognized.
Verb
(en verb)- I prompted him to get a new job.
citation, page= , passage=The only sour note on a virtually perfect night for England came from shameful 'monkey' chanting aimed at Ashley Cole and Ashley Young from a section of Bulgaria's fans which later prompted an official complaint from the Football Association to Uefa.}}
- If he forgets his words I will prompt him.
Synonyms
* See alsoExternal links
* * *See also
* promptly * prompter ----borne
English
Adjective
(-)- In the last rays of the setting sun, you could pick out far away down the reach his beard borne high up on the white structure, foaming up stream to anchor for the night.
44
- When, bright with purple and with gold,
Come priest and holy cardinal,
And borne above the heads of all
The gentle Shepherd of the Fold.
- Irving is further required, as a matter of practice, to spell out what he contends are the specific defamatory meanings borne by those passages.