DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROVERB AND A WISE SAYING.

• The main difference between a proverb and a wise saying is thus seen from the examples above that the latter gives reference to what is with us.

        For example in the Kikuyu wise saying, the impregnation of the     

       lady is within the immediacy of the speaker while the former gives a

      judgement on an experience e.g. in the luo proverb atonga mayot

emiyombogo koth (it’s with a light basket that one flees the rain), there must have been an experience by the speaker and he/she is passing judgement on the same.

• The other difference lies with the structure in that proverbs are full statements with clearly defined parts of proposition and conclusion while sayings are short expressions or phrases.

             So far we have seen the difference between a proverb and a wise saying and we also admitted that the two genres share all other aspects hence we will now deal with these other aspects uniformly.