Proverbial vs Veritable - What's the difference?
proverbial | veritable |
Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, , fable, or fairy tale.
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Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
(euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
(euphemistic) The groin or the testicles.
True, real.
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As adjectives the difference between proverbial and veritable
is that proverbial is of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale while veritable is true, real.As a noun proverbial
is used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.proverbial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)transcript):
- Doris: You're making me feel like the proverbial stepmother.
- I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.
Noun
(en noun)- I think we should be prepared in case the proverbial hits the fan.
veritable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Life in the Middle Ages was a colossal religious game. The
dominant value was salvation in a life hereafter. Emphasizing
that "to divorce medieval hysteria from its time and place is
not possible,"21 Gallinek observes:
It was the aim of man to leave all things worldly as far behind as
possible, and already during lifetime to approach the kingdom of
heaven. The aim was salvation. Salvation was the Christian master
motive.—The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear
because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was
the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the
veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.22
- He is a veritable swine.
- A fair is a veritable smorgasbord. (From ).
