Difference between prosperous and roaring
Definitions
adjective
- in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
- presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
- marked by peace and prosperity
- very lively and profitable
Examples
Our ambition is to build a prosperous, inclusive and outward-looking country.
Rising waters would uproot prosperous farmers from the fertile riverbanks, forcing an estimated 100,000 people to move to higher ground where they could no longer plant corn and wheat.
The relationship with her mother, Zippora, née Assur, the daughter of a prosperous merchant family, who had never attended school, became more and more difficult.
Definitions
adjective
- very lively and profitable
noun
- a deep prolonged loud noise
- a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
adverb
- extremely
Examples
From the roaring 20's to the beaches of Normandy, it has always had a certain panache.
And then we were amazed to hear the sound of singing -- amazed, for it was not the uncouth singing of negroes (who in happy circumstances delight to uplift their voices in psalms) nor yet the boisterous untuneable roaring of rough seamen, like Vetch's buccaneers, but a most melodious and pleasing sound, which put me in mind (and Cludde also) of the madrigal singers of our good town of Shrewsbury.
Rob also reckons that the south-west coast of Ireland has some of the best sailing grounds in the world - particularly around Roaring Water Bay in West Cork.
