Preposition vs. Proposition — What's the Difference?

A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in ‘the man on the platform’, ‘she arrived after dinner’, ‘what did you do it for?’.

In logic and linguistics, a proposition is the meaning of a declarative sentence. In philosophy, "meaning" is understood to be a non-linguistic entity which is shared by all sentences with the same meaning.

A word or phrase placed typically before a substantive and indicating the relation of that substantive to a verb, an adjective, or another substantive, as English at, by, with, from, and in regard to.

A plan suggested for acceptance; a proposal.

To position or place in position in advance

A matter to be dealt with; a task

Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

An offer of a private bargain, especially a request for sexual relations.

An adposition.

A subject for discussion or analysis.

(obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.

A statement that affirms or denies something.

To place in a location before some other event occurs.

The meaning expressed in such a statement, as opposed to the way it is expressed.

A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; - so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.

(Mathematics) A theorem.

A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.

To propose a private bargain to, especially to propose sexual relations with.

A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word

(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

(countable) An idea or a plan offered.

The terms of a transaction offered.

In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

(grammar) A complete sentence.

The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.

An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

(poetic) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

Misspelling of preposition

To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.

A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.

A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.

A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.

That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.

The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection;

An offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)

The act of making a proposal;

A task to be dealt with;

Suggest sex to;