Literate vs Verbosity - What's the difference?
literate | verbosity |
Able to read and write; having literacy.
Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
* 2005 , Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World , Harper:
The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision; long-windedness
As nouns the difference between literate and verbosity
is that literate is a person who is able to read and write while verbosity is the excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision; long-windedness.As an adjective literate
is able to read and write; having literacy.literate
English
(wikipedia literate)Adjective
(en adjective)- The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan even commissioned an alphabetic script for his empire, to be used officially for all its literate languages, Mongolian, Chinese, Turkic and Persian.