What is the difference between brusque and abrupt?
brusque | abrupt |
Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.
* 1858 , , Dr Thorne , ch. 3:
(obsolete, rare) Broken away (from restraint).
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), Henry VI Part I, II-iii
Curt in manner; brusque; rude; uncivil; impolite.
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
* (rfdate) (Ben Jonson)
(obsolete) Broken off.
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
* (rfdate) (Thomson)
(botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
(archaic) To tear off or asunder.
* (rfdate) Sir T. (Browne)
To interrupt suddenly.
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Abrupt is a synonym of brusque.
As adjectives the difference between brusque and abrupt
is that brusque is rudely abrupt, unfriendly while abrupt is broken away (from restraint).As a verb abrupt is
to tear off or asunder.As a noun abrupt is
something which is abrupt; an abyss.brusque
English
Alternative forms
* bruskAdjective
(en-adj)- He was brusque , authoritative, given to contradiction, rough though never dirty in his personal belongings, and inclined to indulge in a sort of quiet raillery.
Quotations
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* * * ----abrupt
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The party came to an abrupt end when the parents of our host arrived.
- The cause of your abrupt departure.
- The abrupt style, which hath many breaches.
- Tumbling through ricks abrupt .
- (Gray)
Synonyms
* (precipitous) broken, rough, rugged * (without time to prepare) brusque, sudden * (uncivil)blunt, brusque * (without transition) disconnected, unexpectedVerb
(en verb)- Till death abrupts them.
