Concise vs Abrasive - What's the difference?
concise | abrasive |
Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; causing irritation.
A substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
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As adjectives the difference between concise and abrasive
is that concise is brief, yet including all important information while abrasive is producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.As a noun abrasive is
a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing .concise
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Synonyms
* succinct * See alsoAntonyms
* verboseDerived terms
* concisely * concision * concisenessabrasive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities.
- Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive .