Prosy vs Prosaic - What's the difference?
prosy | prosaic |
Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
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 prosy and prosaic
is that prosy is unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative while prosaic is pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.prosy
English
Adjective
(er)- I cannot imagine his pupil regarding him as anything but a prosy old pedant, set over him by his father to keep him out of mischief.
prosaic
English
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.