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Thread: axiom vs proverb
- 16-Sep-2003, 16:49 #1Anonymous Guest
axiom vs proverb What is the difference between an axiom and a proverb ?
Or, to put it in another way,
When is an expression considered as an axiom and not a proverb
and vise versa ?
Thanks.
- 16-Sep-2003, 18:40 #2
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Axiom or proverb? It's hard to say. Indeed, one of the synonyms for axiom is proverb.
What prompted the question?
- 17-Sep-2003, 14:59 #3
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Teacher An axiom is something widely recognised to be true, while proverbs are not always- many proverbs contradict each other.
- 17-Sep-2003, 20:45 #4
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So proverbs are not necessarily axiomatic?
Originally Posted by tdol An axiom is something widely recognised to be true, while proverbs are not always- many proverbs contradict each other.
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