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Prone vs Imperil - What's the difference?

prone | imperil |

As verbs the difference between prone and imperil

is that prone is while imperil is to put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard.

prone

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lying face downward; prostrate.(w)
  • *
  • *:But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
  • Having a downward inclination or slope.
  • Shooting from a lying down position.
  • Predisposed, liable, inclined.

    • Derived terms

    * prone to

    Anagrams

    * ----

    imperil

    English

    Verb

    (British) (en-verb) (US)
  • To put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard.
    • "Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries." — "Wind Out of Their Sails", Jeffrey Winters, p. 31, Mechanical Engineering , June 2006
  • To risk.

    • Related terms

    * imperilment