Exuberant vs Prosperous - What's the difference?
exuberant | prosperous |
(of people) Very high-spirited; extremely energetic and enthusiastic.
* 1882 , , "The Lady or the Tiger?":
* 1961 , , Catch-22 :
(of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant.
* 1972 , Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History , vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22:
characterized by success
well off; affluent
favorable
As adjectives the difference between exuberant and prosperous
is that exuberant is exuberant while prosperous is characterized by success.exuberant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.
- She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.
- The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.
References
* Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. ----prosperous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
- He was raised in a very prosperous household.
- He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.