Laconic vs Prolix - What's the difference?
laconic | prolix |
Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
* Alexander Pope
* Welwood
Tediously lengthy.
* 1843, "Bossi—Necrologia G. C. Leonardo Sismondi.", vol. LXXII, issue CXLIV,
Tending to use big or obscure words, which few understand.
As adjectives the difference between laconic and prolix
is that laconic is using as few words as possible; pithy and concise while prolix is tediously lengthy.laconic
English
(Laconic phrase)Adjective
(en adjective)- I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.
- His sense was strong and his style laconic .
Synonyms
* concise, pithy, terseAntonyms
* bombastic, long-winded, verbose, loquacious, prolixAnagrams
*prolix
English
Adjective
(en adjective)p. 333,
- People who have blamed [Jean Charles LĂ©onard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy.