Prow vs Prog - What's the difference?
prow | prog |
(nautical) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
* Milton
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
(archaic) Brave, valiant, gallant. Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary – prow [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prow%5B1%5D]
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Abbreviation of progressive.
* 2003 , Frank Moriarty, Seventies Rock: The Decade of Creative Chaos
(label) Progressive rock
(computing, informal) A program.
* 2001 , "n.one", transfer progs from comp to comp'' (on newsgroup ''24hoursupport.helpdesk )
* 2001', "Yoda", ''How do I get '''progs to run when linux 7.1 starts up?'' (on newsgroup ''linux.redhat )
* 2003 , "Leo Edwards", Automating the Windows backup prog to commence backups?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.win98.apps )
proctor
(slang, obsolete) Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
* (Robert Browning)
(slang, obsolete) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
(obsolete, slang) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.
* Fuller
* Burke
(obsolete, slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.
(Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between prow and prog
is that prow is (nautical) the fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself or prow can be while prog is threshold.As an adjective prow
is (archaic) brave, valiant, gallant merriam webster’s online dictionary – prow [http://wwwmerriam-webstercom/dictionary/prow%5b1%5d].prow
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia prow) From (etyl) (m), from Genoese Italian (m), (m), from (etyl) prora, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.
- We were already rather close in; but I ordered the U-33's prow turned inshore and we crept slowly along, constantly dipping up the water and tasting it to assure ourselves that we didn't get outside the fresh-water current.
Synonyms
* proreEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) prou, from prode; more at (proud).Adjective
(er)- For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay
References
Etymology 3
prog
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviations.Adjective
(-)- Captain Beyond had tentatively dipped their toe in the uncharted American waters of prog rock, but in England, progression was the name of the game, with a host of bands elevating themselves ...
Noun
(en noun)- I've looked around if I can get the prog to start a backup itself, but it still requires some manual commands.
Etymology 2
Noun
- (Jonathan Swift)
- So long as he picked from the filth his prog .
Verb
(progg)- a perfect artist in progging for money
- I have been endeavouring to prog for you.
- (Johnson)
