Prosaic vs Vivacious - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between prosaic and vivacious

is that prosaic is pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose while vivacious is lively and animated; full of life and energy.

(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

(en adjective)

Lively and animated; full of life and energy.

(obsolete) Long-lived.

(rare) Difficult to kill.

* (lively and animated) animated, bubbly, ebullient, high-spirited, lively, vibrant, exciting

* vivaciousness

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