Prolog and prologue are both English terms.
Prolog is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US
) while prologue is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB
).
In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:
Term | US | UK | India | Philippines | Canada | Australia | Liberia | Ireland | New Zealand | Jamaica | Trinidad & Tobago | Guyana |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
prolog | 11 | 16 | 34 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
prologue | 89 | 84 | 66 | 96 | 80 | 85 | 100 | 72 | 76 | 85 | 100 | 100 |
Below, we provide some examples of when to use prolog or prologue with sample sentences.
(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)