Colourless vs Prosaic - What's the difference?
colourless | prosaic | Related terms |
Having little or no colour.
(of a liquid) Water white.
Lacking in interest or variety.
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
(of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
(usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring; humdrum; dull; unimaginative.
Colourless is a related term of prosaic.
As adjectives the difference between colourless and prosaic
is that colourless is having little or no colour while prosaic is pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.colourless
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(wikipedia colourless)Alternative forms
* colorless (American spelling)Adjective
(en adjective)See also
* (Colorless green ideas sleep furiously) British English formsprosaic
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.
- I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late.
- His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it.
- She lived a prosaic life.
