different between prone vs grone

English

Etymology

From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin pr?nus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from pr? (“forward”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?o?n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Adjective

prone (comparative proner or more prone, superlative pronest or most prone)

1. Lying face downward.

   Synonym: prostrate

   Antonym: supine
2. Having a downward inclination or slope.
3. (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.

Synonyms

• neveling
• nuel

Antonyms

• supine

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

prone (third-person singular simple present prones, present participle proning, simple past and past participle proned)

1. (medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down.

Further reading

• prone position on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Peron, preon

Italian

Adjective

prone

1. feminine plural of prono

Anagrams

• perno

Latin

Adjective

pr?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?nus

References

• prone in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prone in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prone in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Verb

grone (third-person singular simple present grones, present participle groning, simple past and past participle groned)

1. Obsolete spelling of groan

Anagrams

• Egnor, Goren, Groen, Negro, Norge, Rengo, Rogen, ergon, genro, goner, negro, ornge, reong

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French grain.

Noun

grone

1. Alternative form of greyn

Etymology 2

From Old English gr?nian.

Verb

grone

1. Alternative form of gronen

Etymology 3

A back-formation from gronen.

Noun

grone

1. Alternative form of gron