Prolix vs Thorough - What's the difference?
prolix | thorough |
Tediously lengthy.
* 1843, "Bossi—Necrologia G. C. Leonardo Sismondi.", vol. LXXII, issue CXLIV,
Tending to use big or obscure words, which few understand.
painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail
utter; complete; absolute
(obsolete) Through.
* , II.xii:
* 1599 , , V. i. 109:
(UK, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
As adjectives the difference between prolix and thorough
is that prolix is tediously lengthy while thorough is painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.As a preposition thorough is
(obsolete) through.As a noun thorough is
(uk|dialect) a furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.prolix
English
Adjective
(en adjective)p. 333,
- People who have blamed [Jean Charles LĂ©onard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy.
Synonyms
* (tediously lengthy) bombastic, long-winded, verbose, wordy * See alsoAntonyms
* (tediously lengthy) concise, tersethorough
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Alternative forms
* thoroAdjective
(en adjective)- The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody.
- He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen.
- The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before it will be inhabitable.
- It is a thorough pleasure to see him beg for mercy.
Derived terms
* thoroughbred * thoroughgoing * thoroughlyEtymology 2
A disyllabic form of (etyl) .Preposition
(English prepositions)- Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry / Vnder the ship, as thorough them she went [...].
- You are contented to be led in triumph / Thorough the streets of Rome?
Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)