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Tactful vs Expressive - What's the difference?

tactful | expressive |

As adjectives the difference between tactful and expressive

is that tactful is possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner while expressive is effectively conveying thought or feeling.

tactful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.

    • Antonyms

    * tactless

    expressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

    • Antonyms

    * inexpressive * unexpressive

    Derived terms

    * expressiveness

    Related terms

    * expressivity

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