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Prone vs Proclive - What's the difference?

prone | proclive |

As a verb prone

is .

As an adjective proclive is

having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.

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

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    proclive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
    • (Elizabeth Browning)
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