Tacit vs Indirect - What's the difference?
tacit | indirect |
Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
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(logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.
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As adjectives the difference between tacit and indirect
is that tacit is expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent while indirect is not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.tacit
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
- He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.
Derived terms
* tacitly * tacitnessExternal links
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*indirect
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Indirect' messages permit communicative contacts when,
without them, the alternatives would be total inhibition, si-
lence, and solitude on the one hand, or, on the other, com-
municative behavior that is direct, offensive, and hence
forbidden. This is a painful choice. In actual practice, neither
alternative is likely to result in the gratification of personal or
sexual needs. In this dilemma, ' indirect communications pro-
vide a useful compromise. As an early move in the dating
game, the young man might invite the young woman to dinner
or to the movies. These communications are polyvalent: both
the invitation and the response to it have several "levels" of
meaning. One is the level of the overt message—that is,
whether they will have dinner together, go to a movie, and so
forth. Another, more covert, level pertains to the question of
sexual activity: acceptance of the dinner invitation implies
that sexual overtures might perhaps follow. Conversely, rejec-
tion of the invitation means not only refusal of companionship
for dinner but also of the possibility of further sexual explora-
tion. There may be still other levels of meaning. For example,
acceptance of the dinner invitation may be interpreted as a
sign of personal or sexual worth and hence grounds for
increased self-esteem, whereas its rejection may mean the
opposite and generate feelings of worthlessness.