Prolific vs Energetic - What's the difference?
prolific | energetic |
Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
Similarly producing results or works in abundance
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Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy.
Of or relating to energy.
As adjectives the difference between prolific and energetic
is that prolific is prolific while energetic is possessing, exerting, or displaying energy.prolific
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Alternative forms
* prolifick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.}}
Synonyms
* fertile * (fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance) fecund * (producing results or works in abundance) See alsoDerived terms
* prolificacy * prolifically * prolificity * prolificnessReferences
*energetic
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Alternative forms
* energetick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Cosmic rays are energetic particles from outer space.
- Those kids are so energetic : they want to run around playing all day.
- energetic laws