Difference between Idioms and Proverbs
Key difference: According to definition, a ‘proverb’ is a traditional saying which carries some moral or practical social message, whereas an ‘idiom’ is an expression made by a combination of words, whose meaning is different than the literal meaning of the individual words. Often, the terms ‘idiom’ and ‘proverb’, are considered similar to each other. This is based on their same short sentence nature and the usage in expressions. Also, like an idiom, a proverb has a meaning that is greater than the meaning of its individual words.