Succinct vs Curtailed - What's the difference?
succinct | curtailed | Related terms |
brief and to the point
compressed into a tiny area.
(archaic) wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.
(curtail)
(obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
(figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
* Macaulay
Succinct is a related term of curtailed.
As an adjective succinct
is brief and to the point.As a verb curtailed is
(curtail).succinct
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* concise * laconic * See alsoDerived terms
* succinctness * succinctlycurtailed
English
Verb
(head)curtail
English
Verb
(en verb)- ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
- When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
- Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
- Our incomes have been curtailed ; his salary has been doubled.