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Predispose vs Prone - What's the difference?

predispose | prone |

As a verb predispose

is to make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).

As an adjective prone is

lying face downward; prostrate.Wp

predispose

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
  • To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
  • Derived terms

    * predisposal * predisposedly * predisposedness

    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

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