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Prone vs Precipitous - What's the difference?

prone | precipitous |

As a verb prone

is .

As an adjective precipitous is

steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

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

    * ----

    precipitous

    English

    (wikipedia precipitous)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
  • Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
  • Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
  • * 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma , National Geographic (March 2007), 46,
    • ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today.
    (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (steep) brant