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Laconism vs Brachylogy - What's the difference?

laconism | brachylogy |

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.

    • See also

    * ("laconism" on Wikipedia) * (Calvin Coolidge)

    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