Taciturn vs Austere - What's the difference?
taciturn | austere |
Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
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Grim or severe in manner or appearance
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
As adjectives the difference between taciturn and austere
is that taciturn is silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak while austere is austere.taciturn
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.
Synonyms
* (silent) reticent, untalkative * See alsoAntonyms
* (silent) garrulous, loquaciousDerived terms
* taciturnity * taciturnlyAnagrams
* ----austere
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The headmistress was an austere old woman.
- The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.