What's the difference between 繁盛 and 隆盛?


According to Jisho they both mean "prosperity; flourishing; thriving", but
unfortunately it doesn't give any example for `隆盛` and a Google search isn't
helpful, I wasn't able to find any discussion about how they differ. I tried
Weblio too, but as far as I can understand it I wasn't able to find an entry
for `繫盛`.




「繁盛{はんじょう}」 and 「隆盛{りゅうせい}」 "feel" quite differently from each other. The
former is a household word even 10-year-old kids know how to use, but the
latter is a much 'higher' word.

「繁盛」 is most often used to refer to the success/prosperity of a business. If a
burger joint has plenty of customers, we would say 「あのハンバーガー屋{や}さんは繁盛している。」.
You would sound **_extremely_** weird if you used 「隆盛」 to say that.

「隆盛」 is a fairly formal word generally, if not always, used to refer to the
prosperity of a (historical) family, clan, empire, etc. Using the everyday
word 「繁盛」 in that type of context would simply be out of the question.

You would say, for instance, something like 「ローマ帝国{ていこく}の隆盛と滅亡{めつぼう}」 ("The
prosperity and downfall of the Roman Empire")




「繁盛{はんじょう}」 and 「隆盛{りゅうせい}」 "feel" quite differently from each other. The
former is a household word even 10-year-old kids know how to use, but the
latter is a much 'higher' word.

「繁盛」 is most often used to refer to the success/prosperity of a business. If a
burger joint has plenty of customers, we would say 「あのハンバーガー屋{や}さんは繁盛している。」.
You would sound **_extremely_** weird if you used 「隆盛」 to say that.

「隆盛」 is a fairly formal word generally, if not always, used to refer to the
prosperity of a (historical) family, clan, empire, etc. Using the everyday
word 「繁盛」 in that type of context would simply be out of the question.

You would say, for instance, something like 「ローマ帝国{ていこく}の隆盛と滅亡{めつぼう}」 ("The
prosperity and downfall of the Roman Empire")

