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Cursory vs Curt - What's the difference?

cursory | curt |

As adjectives the difference between cursory and curt

is that cursory is hasty; superficial; careless while curt is brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.

As a proper noun Curt is

a short form of the male given name Curtis.

cursory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • hasty; superficial; careless
    • Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.
  • (obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

    • Derived terms

    * cursorily * cursoriness

    See also

    * cursor

    curt

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
  • *
  • Short or concise.

    • Synonyms

    * (terse to the point of being rude) abrupt, blunt, brusque

    Derived terms

    * curtly * curtness * curtail

    Anagrams

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