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Prone vs Pronk - What's the difference?

prone | pronk |

As an adjective prone

is lying face downward; prostrate.Wp

As a verb pronk is

to jump with all four limbs at once.

As a noun pronk is

a gait or a leap in which all four legs are used to push off the ground at once.

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

    * ----

    pronk

    English

    (wikipedia pronk)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a quadruped) To jump with all four limbs at once.
    • Synonyms
    * leap * prong * stot

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gait or a leap in which all four legs are used to push off the ground at once.