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axiom vs proverb

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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 ?
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Axiom or proverb?

It's hard to say. Indeed, one of the synonyms for axiom is proverb.

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An axiom is something widely recognised to be true, while proverbs are not always- many proverbs contradict each other. ;-)
 
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tdol said:
An axiom is something widely recognised to be true, while proverbs are not always- many proverbs contradict each other. ;-)
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So proverbs are not necessarily axiomatic?

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