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Circuitous vs Digressive - What's the difference?

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Circuitous is a related term of digressive.


As adjectives the difference between circuitous and digressive

is that circuitous is not direct or to the point while digressive is marked by digression; rambling.

circuitous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not direct or to the point.
  • Of a long and winding route.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.}}

    Synonyms

    * (not direct): indirect * (of a winding route): roundabout

    digressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by digression; rambling
  • Derived terms

    * digressiveness