As nouns the difference between laconism and brachylogy
is that laconism is (uncountable|figure of speech) extreme brevity in expression while brachylogy is concise speech; laconism.
laconism
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(uncountable, figure of speech) Extreme brevity in expression.
(countable) A very or notably brief expression.
Examples
(Thermopylae)
* A native of Trachis says that the Persian archers were so numerous that, when they fired their volleys, the mass of arrows blocked out the sun.
* Dienekes: “Good. Then we'll have our battle in the shade” -->
English words suffixed with -ism
brachylogy
English
Alternative forms
* brachyology, brachylogia
Noun
(-)
concise speech; laconism
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!" (brachyology).
Hyponyms
* (rhetoric) zeugma, syllepsis, apokoinou, compendious comparison, praegnans constructio, asyndeton, aposiopesis
See also
* ellipsis