Quote
Quote noun - A passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example.
Stock phrase and quote are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stock phrase" instead a noun "Quote".
Stock phrase
Quote and stock phrase are semantically related. You can use "Quote" instead a noun phrase "Stock phrase".
Both terms in one sentence
- The lyrics are the entire quote (in iambic pentameter) from which the stock phrase is taken.
Source: Stock Quotes - When played as a Stock Phrase, it sometimes uses a quote from religious scriptures, such as the Confucianism page quote for the negative form or the Christianity page quote for the positive form.
Source: The Golden Rule - The Three Certainties In Life can either be a Stock Joke or a Stock Phrase that is mostly inspired by the quote often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes."
Source: The Three Certainties in Life
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Stock phrase and Quote. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/quote/stock_phrase
Quote & Stock phrase. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/quote/stock_phrase>.
Stock phrase or Quote. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/quote/stock_phrase.
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