Tiresome vs Prosaic - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between tiresome and prosaic

is that tiresome is causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome while prosaic is pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

(en adjective)

Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

Eventually his long stories became tiresome .

* (causing fatigue or boredom ): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome * See also

* (causing fatigue or boredom ): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting

(en adjective)

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.

(of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.

I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late.

(usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring; humdrum; dull; unimaginative.

His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it.

She lived a prosaic life.

* See also

* poetic