Prevail vs Prosper - What's the difference?
prevail | prosper |
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
* , Exodus 17:11
To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
To succeed in persuading]] or [[induce, inducing.
To favor; to render successful.
* Book of Common Prayer
* Dryden
To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
To grow; to increase.
In intransitive terms the difference between prevail and prosper
is that prevail is to succeed in persuading or inducing while prosper is to grow; to increase.As a proper noun Prosper is
a given name derived from French.prevail
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Verb
(en verb)- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed'; and when he let down his hand, Amalek ' prevailed .
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- I prevailed on him to wait.
Derived terms
* cooler heads will prevailReferences
* *prosper
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Alternative forms
* prospre (qualifier)Verb
(en verb)- Prosper thou our handiwork.
- All things concur to prosper our design.