Successful vs. Thriving

Successfuladjective

Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect

‘a successful use of medicine;’; ‘a successful experiment'';’; ‘a successful enterprise’;

Thrivingadjective

That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.

Successfuladjective

Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise.

‘Welcome, nephews, from successful wars.’;

Thrivingnoun

The action of the verb to thrive.

Successfuladjective

having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome;

‘a successful architect’; ‘a successful business venture’;

Thrivingadjective

very lively and profitable;

‘flourishing businesses’; ‘a palmy time for stockbrokers’; ‘a prosperous new business’; ‘doing a roaring trade’; ‘a thriving tourist center’; ‘did a thriving business in orchids’;

Thrivingadjective

having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life;

‘flourishing crops’; ‘flourishing chicks’; ‘a growing boy’; ‘fast-growing weeds’; ‘a thriving deer population’;

Thriving

Thriving is a condition beyond mere survival, implying growth and positive development.