Flourish vs. Prosper — What's the Difference?

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

To be fortunate or successful, especially in terms of one's finances; thrive.

To do or fare well; prosper

(transitive) To favor; to render successful.

To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence

(intransitive) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

To make bold, sweeping movements

(intransitive) To grow; to increase.

To wield, wave, or exhibit dramatically.

To favor; to render successful.

A dramatic or stylish movement, as of waving or brandishing

To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

An embellishment or ornamentation

To grow; to increase.

An ostentatious act or gesture

Grow stronger;

(Music) A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.

Gain in wealth

(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.

(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.

(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.

(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.

(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.

(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.

(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.

(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.

To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.

An ornamentation.

(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.

To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.

To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or production.

To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.

To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.

To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.

To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.

To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.

To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.

To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor.

Decoration; ornament; beauty.

Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit.

A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure.

A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare.

The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as, the flourish of a sword.

A showy gesture;

An ornamental embellishment in writing

A display of ornamental speech or language

The act of waving

(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments;

Grow stronger;

Gain in wealth

Move or swing back and forth;