Succinct vs Terse - What's the difference?
succinct | terse |
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.
(obsolete) Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.
(of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.
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, title= Abruptly or brusquely short.
Terse is a synonym of succinct.
As adjectives the difference between succinct and terse
is that succinct is brief and to the point while terse is polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.succinct
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(en adjective)Synonyms
* concise * laconic * See alsoDerived terms
* succinctness * succinctlyterse
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(er)- "A consise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge consisting of over 16,000 terse and original articles on nearly all subjects discussed in larger encyclopaedias,"
Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?, passage=Having attempted to identify a role for the society and its magazine, Quest, "for the next 40 years", the society chairman, Rhea Williams, decided it was time to close. She announced the group's demise in a terse message to members following the annual meeting, which just 22 people attended.}}