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Proverb vs Slogan - What's the difference?

proverb | slogan |

As nouns the difference between proverb and slogan

is that proverb is a phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations while slogan is slogan (phrase associated with a product, used in advertising).

As a verb proverb

is to write or utter proverbs.

proverb

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
  • His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb .
  • A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 37
  • Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb , and a by word, among all nations.
  • A drama exemplifying a proverb.
  • Synonyms

    * (phrase expressing a basic truth) adage, apothegm, byword, maxim, paroemia, saw, saying, sententia * See also

    Derived terms

    * proverbial * proverbiology * proverbs hunt in pairs

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To write or utter proverbs.
  • To name in, or as, a proverb.
  • * 1671 , John Milton, Samson Agonistes , lines 203-205:
  • Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?"
  • To provide with a proverb.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase.
    (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * ----

    slogan

    English

    (wikipedia slogan)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A battle cry (original meaning).
  • A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people.
  • *
  • (advertising) A phrase associated with a product, used in advertising.
  • Synonyms

    * advertising slogan * (British) strapline * tagline

    Descendants

    * Czech: (l) * French: * Italian: * Portuguese: * Russian: * Serbo-Croatian:

    Anagrams

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