Banausic vs Prosaic - What's the difference?
banausic | prosaic |
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.
As adjectives the difference between banausic and prosaic
is that banausic is mechanical; materialistic, uncultured while prosaic is pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.banausic
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Quotations
* 1957 : , Justine , Faber, page 67 *: who almost by mistake pierced the hard banausic shell of Alexandria * 2003 : , Flesh in the Age of Reason , Penguin 2004, page 456 But how could man respect himself when he was always being brought down to earth by the most banausic things? * 2007 , The Times [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/modern_manners/article1726275.ece] *: You could fake philosophical unconcern, implying that such banausic matters are best left to your estate agent and factor: “I quite forget: my people look after such things.”prosaic
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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.