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Discursive vs Digressive - What's the difference?

discursive | digressive |

As adjectives the difference between discursive and digressive

is that discursive is tending to digress from the main point; rambling while digressive is marked by digression; rambling.

discursive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
  • *
    • This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
  • (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

    • Derived terms

    * counterdiscursive

    See also

    * discourse ----

    digressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by digression; rambling

    • Derived terms

    * digressiveness

    Related terms

    * digress * digression