Parable vs Proverb - What's the difference?
parable | proverb |
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy
To represent by parable.
(obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.
*, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.306:
A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
* Bible, John xvi. 29
A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 37
A drama exemplifying a proverb.
To write or utter proverbs.
To name in, or as, a proverb.
* 1671 , John Milton, Samson Agonistes , lines 203-205:
To provide with a proverb.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between proverb and parable
is that proverb is a phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations while parable is a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.As verbs the difference between proverb and parable
is that proverb is to write or utter proverbs while parable is to represent by parable.As an adjective parable is
that can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.parable
English
(wikipedia parable)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (=modern) .Noun
(en noun)- ''In the New Testament the parables told by Jesus convey His message, as in "The parable of the prodigal son"
- ''Catholic sermons normally draw on at least one Biblical lecture, often parables .
See also
* fable * allegory * pericope * simileVerb
(parabl)- Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled . — Milton.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- The most parable and easy, and about which many are employed, is to teach a school, turn lecturer or curate [...].
- (Sir Thomas Browne)
Anagrams
* ----proverb
English
(wikipedia proverb)Noun
(en noun)- His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb .
- Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb , and a by word, among all nations.
Synonyms
* (phrase expressing a basic truth) adage, apothegm, byword, maxim, paroemia, saw, saying, sententia * See alsoDerived terms
* proverbial * proverbiology * proverbs hunt in pairsVerb
(en verb)- Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?"
- I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase.