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What is the difference between sententia and proverb?

sententia | proverb | Synonyms |

Sententia is a synonym of proverb.


As nouns the difference between sententia and proverb

is that sententia is opinion, thought, feeling while proverb is a phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.

As a verb proverb is

to write or utter proverbs.

sententia

Not English

Sententia has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'sententia':

sonatina

proverb

English

(wikipedia 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

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