Prow vs Prop - What's the difference?
prow | prop |
(nautical) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
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* 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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An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
(rugby) The player who is next to the hooker in a scrum.
One of the seashells in the game of props.
To support or shore up something.
(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. Contraction of "property".
As nouns the difference between prow and prop
is that prow is (nautical) the fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself or prow can be while prop is an object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports or prop can be (theater|film) an item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform contraction of "property" or prop can be the propeller of an aircraft or prop can be a proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.As an adjective prow
is (archaic) brave, valiant, gallant merriam webster’s online dictionary – prow [http://wwwmerriam-webstercom/dictionary/prow%5b1%5d].As a verb prop is
to support or shore up something.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
prop
English
Etymology 1
Akin to German Pfropfen and Danish proppe, compare LatinNoun
(en noun)- They stuck a block of wood under it as a prop .
Verb
(propp)- Try using a phone book to prop up the table where the foot is missing.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of property.Noun
(en noun)- They used the trophy as a prop in the movie.