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Prose vs. Prosy — What's the Difference?

Prose vs. Prosy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Prose and Prosy

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Prose

Prose is a form of written (or spoken) language that usually exhibits a natural flow of speech and grammatical structure—an exception is the narrative device stream of consciousness. The word "prose" first appears in English in the 14th century.

Prosy

Matter-of-fact and dry; prosaic.

Prose

Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.

Prosy

Dull; commonplace.

Prose

Commonplace expression or quality.
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Prosy

(of speech or writing) Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.

Prose

Roman Catholic Church A hymn of irregular meter sung before the Gospel.

Prosy

(of a person) Behaving in a dull way; boring, tedious.

Prose

To write prose.

Prosy

Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.

Prose

To speak or write in a dull, tiresome style.

Prosy

Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.

Prose

Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.

Prosy

Lacking wit or imagination;
A pedestrian movie plot

Prose

Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

Prose

(Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.

Prose

To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

Prose

The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; - contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
I speak in prose, and let him rymes make.
Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry, that is; prose - words in their best order; poetry - the best order.

Prose

Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

Prose

A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.

Prose

Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.

Prose

Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.

Prose

To write in prose.

Prose

To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

Prose

To write prose.
Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter.

Prose

Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

Prose

Matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

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