Reticence vs Tacit - What's the difference?
reticence | tacit |
tight-lippedness, discretion, avoidance of saying too much
a silent and reserved nature
Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
* 1983 , Stanley Rosen, Plato’s'' Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image , page 62:
* 2004 , Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, ?Vivien Lowndes; ISBN 9287155798):
(logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
As a noun reticence
is reticence.As an adjective tacit is
expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.reticence
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Quotations
* 1890 , Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray : *:Basil's absurd fits of jealousy, his wild devotion, his extravagant panegyrics, his curious reticences , — he understood them all now, and he felt sorry. * 1897 , Bram Stoker, Dracula : *: You must not be angry with him, Art, because his very reticence means that all his brains are working for her good.(attention)Synonyms
* reserve, secrecy, taciturnity * bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, quietness, reservation, shyness, timidityAntonyms
* openness, talkativeness * loquaciousness, ostentationtacit
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Adjective
(en adjective)- tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
- He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.