A proverb is when a deep life-long experience of a long experience-experience is integrated into a popular short statement.
Although proverbs and sayings are almost synonymous in Bengali, there is a subtle difference between the two. The proverb unknown identity is the traditional creation of the common man. Poets, writers and thoughtful scholars are the creators of proverbs. Their identities are not unknown to us. In a word, proverbs are the product of folk-experience, proverbs are the creation of personal wisdom. The modern synonym of proverb is subhasana or subhasita.