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Adage and Epigram

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Difference between Adage and Epigram

Adage vs. Epigram

An adage (Latin: adagium) is a concise, memorable, and usually philosophical aphorism that communicates an important truth derived from experience, custom, or both, and that many persons consider true and credible because of its longeval tradition, i. e. being handed down generation to generation, or memetic replication. An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement.

Similarities between Adage and Epigram

Adage and Epigram have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Aphorism, Epitaph.

Aphorism

An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting "delimitation", "distinction", and "definition") is a concise, terse, laconic, and/or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.

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Epitaph

An epitaph (from Greek ἐπιτάφιος epitaphios "a funeral oration" from ἐπί epi "at, over" and τάφος taphos "tomb") is a short text honoring a deceased person.

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Adage and Epigram Comparison

Adage has 45 relations, while Epigram has 55. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 2.00% = 2 / (45 + 55).

References

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