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Prone vs Prore - What's the difference?

prone | prore |

As a verb prone

is .

As a noun prore is

(poetic|obsolete) the prow or fore part of a ship.

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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    prore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic, obsolete) The prow or fore part of a ship.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Galleys with vermilion prores .
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