Prone vs Trone - What's the difference?
prone | trone |
Lying face downward; prostrate.(w)
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*: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.
(UK, dialect) A steelyard.
(UK, dialect, Scotland, obsolete) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.
As verbs the difference between prone and trone
is that prone is while trone is .prone
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* prone toAnagrams
* ----trone
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Etymology 1
Compare (etyl) trogne a belly.Noun
(en noun)- (Jamieson)