Idyllic vs Prosaic - What's the difference?
idyllic | prosaic |
An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
* 1922 — , ch V
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 idyllic and prosaic
is that idyllic is of or pertaining to idylls while prosaic is pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.As a noun idyllic
is an idyllic state or situation (a substantive use of the adjective).idyllic
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Quotations
* 1896 — , ch 17 *: My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory. * 1922 — , ch II *: The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.Noun
(en noun)- He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.
References
* *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.
