Succinct vs Sententious - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between succinct and sententious

is that succinct is brief and to the point while sententious is full of meaning.

(en adjective)

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.

* concise * laconic * See also

* succinctness * succinctly

(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.

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

* sententiously * sententiousness