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Abbreviated vs Curtailed - What's the difference?

abbreviated | curtailed |

As verbs the difference between abbreviated and curtailed

is that abbreviated is (abbreviate) while curtailed is (curtail).

As an adjective abbreviated

is shortened; made briefer.

abbreviated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shortened; made briefer.
    • The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.
  • Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
  • Scanty, as in clothing.

    • Related terms

    * abbreviate * abbreviation * abbreviating

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abbreviate)

    • References

    curtailed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (curtail)

    • curtail

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
    • ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
  • To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
    • When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
  • (figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
    • Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
  • * Macaulay
    • Our incomes have been curtailed ; his salary has been doubled.

    Synonyms

    * (animal's tail) crop, dock * shorten * behedge, control, limit, restrain

    Derived terms

    * curtailer * curtailment

    Related terms

    * curt * curtal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

    • Anagrams

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