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Sententiosity vs Sententious - What's the difference?

sententiosity | sententious |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between sententiosity and sententious

is that sententiosity is (obsolete) the quality or state of being sententious while sententious is (obsolete) full of meaning.

As a noun sententiosity

is (obsolete) the quality or state of being sententious.

As an adjective sententious is

(obsolete) full of meaning.

sententiosity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (obsolete) The quality or state of being sententious.
  • (Sir Thomas Browne)
    (Webster 1913)

    sententious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Full of meaning.
  • Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
  • Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.
  • Synonyms

    * (using as few words as possible) concise, pithy * (tending to use aphorisms) aphoristic

    Derived terms

    * sententiously * sententiousness