The difference between Prosperous and Rich

When used as adjectives, prosperous means characterized by success, whereas rich means wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

Rich is also verb with the meaning: to enrich.

check bellow for the other definitions of Prosperous and Rich

Prosperous as an adjective:

characterized by success

Examples:

"Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox."
Prosperous as an adjective:

well off; affluent

Examples:

"He was raised in a very prosperous household."
Prosperous as an adjective:

favorable

Examples:

"He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening."

Rich as an adjective:

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
Rich as an adjective:

Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

Examples:

"a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry"
Rich as an adjective:

Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

Examples:

"a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop"
Rich as an adjective:

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

Examples:

"rich soil or land; a rich mine"
Rich as an adjective:

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.

Examples:

"a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents"
Rich as an adjective:

Not faint or delicate; vivid.

Examples:

"a rich red colour"
Rich as an adjective (informal, dated):

Very amusing.

Examples:

"The scene was a rich one."

"a rich incident or character"

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Rich as an adjective (informal):

Ridiculous, absurd.
Rich as an adjective (computing):

Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
Rich as an adjective:

Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

Rich as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

To enrich.

Examples:

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Rich as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

To become rich.