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Proverbiologist vs Proverbiology - What's the difference?

proverbiologist | proverbiology | Derived terms |

Proverbiology is a related term of proverbiologist.

Proverbiology is a derived term of proverbiologist.



In lang=en terms the difference between proverbiologist and proverbiology

is that proverbiologist is a person who studies proverbs while proverbiology is the study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.

proverbiologist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rare) A person who studies proverbs.
  • * 1976 , Dale Boesky, "Proverbs and Psychoanalysis," Psychoanalytic Quarterly , vol. 45, p. 539:
    • The proverbiologist uses syntactic, dialectal, metric, or linguistic aspects of the proverb to study its origin, spread, and evolution.

    Related terms

    * proverbiology

    References

    *Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    proverbiology

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) The study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.
  • * 1880 , J. Long, "Proverbs: English and Keltic, with Their Eastern Relations," The Folk-Lore Record , vol. 3, no. 1, p. 59:
    • As the English language is best studied by the light thrown on it by comparative philology, and as a knowledge of human anatomy is greatly aided by the discoveries in the comparative anatomy of animals, so must English Proverbiology' by assisted by the light reflected from comparative ' Proverbiology .
  • * 1989 , R. V. Teschner, "Reviews of A Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs'' by Mark Glazer," ''Hispania , vol. 72, no. 1, p. 150:
    • Is the DMAP [Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs ] intended as a comparative Chicano proverbiology ?

    Derived terms

    * proverbiologist

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.