Abridged vs Curtailed - What's the difference?
abridged | curtailed | Related terms |
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
(abridge)
(curtail)
(obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
(figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
* Macaulay
Abridged is a related term of curtailed.
As verbs the difference between abridged and curtailed
is that abridged is (abridge) while curtailed is (curtail).As an adjective abridged
is cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.abridged
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*curtailed
English
Verb
(head)curtail
English
Verb
(en verb)- ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
- When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
- Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
- Our incomes have been curtailed ; his salary has been doubled.