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Troped vs Trowed - What's the difference?

troped | trowed |

As verbs the difference between troped and trowed

is that troped is (trope) while trowed is (trow).

troped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (trope)
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    trope

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia trope) (en noun)
  • (literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and but not necessarily pejorative.
  • A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
  • (music) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
  • (music) A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
  • (music) A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
  • (Judaism) A cantillation pattern, or the mark that represents it.
  • Derived terms

    * troper * tropist * tropical * tropology

    Verb

    (trop)
  • To use, or embellish something with a trope.
  • (often, literature) To turn into, coin or create a new trope.
  • (often, literature) To analyze a work in terms of its literary tropes.
  • To think or write in terms of tropes.
  • Synonyms

    * tropify

    References

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    trowed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (trow)

  • trow

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To trust or believe.
  • To have confidence in, or to give credence to.
  • Noun

  • Trust or faith.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (dated, nautical, countable) Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods
  • (Scottish, dated) troll
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