Adage vs Sententious - What's the difference?
adage | sententious |
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use
An old saying, which has been overused or considered a ; a trite maxim
(obsolete) Full of meaning.
Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.
As a noun adage
is an old saying, which has obtained credit by long use.As an adjective sententious is
full of meaning.adage
English
(wikipedia adage)Noun
(en noun)- “Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage ” (Lady MacBeth)