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Sententious vs Didactic - What's the difference?

sententious | didactic |

As adjectives the difference between sententious and didactic

is that sententious is (obsolete) full of meaning while didactic is didactic.

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

    Related terms

    * sentential

    didactic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * didactick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry)
  • * Macaulay
    • The finest didactic poem in any language.
  • Excessively moralizing.
  • (medicine) Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.

    • Derived terms

    * didact * didactical * didactically * didacticism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A treatise on teaching or education.