Prolific vs. Proliferous - What's the difference?

Prolific (adjective)

Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.

Prolific (adjective)

Similarly producing results or works in abundance

Proliferous (adjective)

producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative

Proliferous (adjective)

producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers

Proliferous (adjective)

reproducing by budding

Prolific (adjective)

Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; - applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; - usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.

Prolific (adjective)

Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.

Prolific (adjective)

Proliferous.

Proliferous (adjective)

Bearing offspring; - applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmæ.

Proliferous (adjective)

Producing young by budding.