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Laconic vs Prolix - What's the difference?

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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)
  • Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.
  • * Welwood
  • His sense was strong and his style laconic .

    Synonyms

    * concise, pithy, terse

    Antonyms

    * bombastic, long-winded, verbose, loquacious, prolix

    Anagrams

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    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 LĂ©onard 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