Sententious vs Allegorical - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between sententious and allegorical

is that sententious is (obsolete) full of meaning while allegorical is of, relating to, or containing allegory.

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Full of meaning.

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.

* (using as few words as possible) concise, pithy * (tending to use aphorisms) aphoristic

* sententiously * sententiousness

(en adjective)

of, relating to, or containing allegory

* Alexander Pope

An allegorical application.

* Max Miller

Allegorical being that kind of language which says one thing, but means another.