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Discursive vs Prolix - What's the difference?

discursive | prolix |

As adjectives the difference between discursive and prolix

is that discursive is (of speech or writing) tending to digress from the main point; rambling while prolix is tediously lengthy.

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 ----

    prolix

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tediously lengthy.
  • * 1843, "Bossi—Necrologia G. C. Leonardo Sismondi.", vol. LXXII, issue CXLIV, p. 333,
    • People who have blamed [Jean Charles Léonard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy.
  • Tending to use big or obscure words, which few understand.

    • Synonyms

    * (tediously lengthy) bombastic, long-winded, verbose, wordy * See also

    Antonyms

    * (tediously lengthy) concise, terse