different between aphorism vs byword

English

Etymology

From Middle French aphorisme, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (aphorismós, “pithy phrase containing a general truth”), from ??????? (aphoríz?, “I define, mark off or determine”), from ??? (apó, “off”) + ????? (horíz?, “I divide, bound”), from ???? (hóros, “boundary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.f?.??zm?/

Noun

aphorism (plural aphorisms)

1. A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:saying

Related terms

• aphorist
• aphoristic

Translations

See also

• adage
• apophthegm
• maxim
• Category:English aphorisms

Verb

aphorism (third-person singular simple present aphorisms, present participle aphorisming, simple past and past participle aphorismed)

1. To speak or write aphorisms.

Further reading

• aphorism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• aphorism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aphorism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• aphorism at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English byword, byworde (“proverb”), from Old English b?word, b?wyrde (“proverb, household word", also "adverb”), from Proto-Germanic *b?wurdij?, equivalent to by- +? word. Compare Latin proverbium, which byword may possibly be a translation of. Cognate with Old High German p?wurti (“proverb”). Compare also Old English b?spel (“proverb, example”), b?cwide (“byword, proverb, tale, fable”), Dutch bijwoord (“adverb”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba?.w?(?)d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba?.w?d/

Noun

byword (plural bywords)

1. A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
2. A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
3. Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
4. An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
   • 1611, King James Version, Job 17:6:

     He hath made me also a byword of the people ...
5. A nickname or epithet.

Translations

See also

• bispel
• byspel

Further reading

• byword at OneLook Dictionary Search

Middle English

Alternative forms

• biword, by-word, byworde, biworde, bywoorde

Etymology

From Old English b?word, modified from earlier b?wyrde, from Proto-Germanic *b?wurdij?; equivalent to bi- +? word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi??wurd/, /bi??w?rd/, /bi??w??rd/

Noun

byword

1. byword

Descendants

• English: byword

References

• “b?-w?rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2020.