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Prose vs Brose - What's the difference?

prose | brose |

As nouns the difference between prose and brose

is that prose is language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry while brose is oatmeal mixed with boiling water.

As a verb prose

is to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

As a proper noun Brose is

a diminutive=Ambrose given name.

prose

English

(wikipedia prose)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
    • Though known mostly for her prose , she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
  • * Milton
    • things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme
  • Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
  • (Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.

    • Antonyms

    * poetry, verse

    Derived terms

    * prose poem * purple prose

    Related terms

    * prosaic * prosody

    Verb

  • to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190
    • Pray, do not prose , good Ethelbert, but speak
    What is your purpose?

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    brose

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) Oatmeal mixed with boiling water.

    • Derived terms

    * brosy, brosey * brosy-faced

    References

    * brose , American Encyclopedic Dictionary, by Robert Hunter, John Alfred Williams, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, 1897.

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