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Prosperous vs Bountiful - What's the difference?

prosperous | bountiful |

As adjectives the difference between prosperous and bountiful

is that prosperous is characterized by success while bountiful is having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.

prosperous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • characterized by success
    • Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
  • well off; affluent
    • He was raised in a very prosperous household.
  • favorable
    • He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.

    Synonyms

    * (characterized by success ): successful * (well off ): affluent, rich, well off, well-to-do, wealthy * (favorable ): favorable

    Derived terms

    * prosperously * prosperousness * prosperity

    Related terms

    * prosper

    bountiful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bountifull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Unspontaneous combustion , passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.}}