Mundane vs. Prosaic

Mundaneadjective

Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.

Mundaneadjective

Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.

Mundaneadjective

Ordinary; not new.

Mundaneadjective

Tedious; repetitive and boring.

Mundanenoun

An unremarkable, ordinary human being.

Mundanenoun

A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.

Mundanenoun

(fandom slang) The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.

Mundaneadjective

Of or pertaining to the world; worldly, as contrasted with heavenly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere; mundane concerns.

Mundaneadjective

Commonplace; ordinary; banal.

Mundaneadjective

found in the ordinary course of events;

Mundaneadjective

concerned with the world or worldly matters;

Mundaneadjective

belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly;

Mundaneadjective

lacking interest or excitement; dull

Mundaneadjective

of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one

Mundaneadjective

relating to or denoting the branch of astrology that deals with the prediction of earthly events.

Mundane

In subcultural and fictional uses, a mundane is a person who does not belong to a particular group, according to the members of that group; the implication is that such persons, lacking imagination, are concerned solely with the mundane: the quotidian and ordinary. The term first came into use in science fiction fandom to refer, sometimes deprecatingly, to non-fans; this use of the term antedates 1955.

Prosaicadjective

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

Prosaicadjective

(of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.

Prosaicadjective

Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring; humdrum; dull; unimaginative.

Prosaicadjective

Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition.

Prosaicadjective

Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person.

Prosaicadjective

not fanciful or imaginative;

Prosaicadjective

lacking wit or imagination;

Prosaicadjective

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement;