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Discursive vs Garrulous - What's the difference?

discursive | garrulous |

As adjectives the difference between discursive and garrulous

is that discursive is (of speech or writing) tending to digress from the main point; rambling while garrulous is excessively or tiresomely talkative.

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 ----

    garrulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
  • *
  • * 1984 , "A Modern Whitman," by James Atlas. The Atlantic , Dec 1984.
    • Crammed with gossip, anecdotes, and confessions . . ., his garrulous , untidy narratives read like a good novel.
  • (of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.

    • Synonyms

    * (excessively or tiresomely talkative) (l), (l), (l), (l) * (excessively wordy and rambling) (l), (l), (l) * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)