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Taciturn vs Brooding - What's the difference?

taciturn | brooding |

As adjectives the difference between taciturn and brooding

is that taciturn is silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak while brooding is (of a bird) broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.

As a verb brooding is

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As a noun brooding is

a spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.

taciturn

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
    • The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.
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    • Synonyms

    * (silent) reticent, untalkative * See also

    Antonyms

    * (silent) garrulous, loquacious

    Derived terms

    * taciturnity * taciturnly

    Related terms

    * tacit * tacitly * tacitness

    Anagrams

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    brooding

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
    • A brooding hen can be aggressive.
  • Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
    • You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep .

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 22, author=Jon Caramanica, title=Once-Dreamy Indie Rockers, Masking Hurt With High-Gloss Sheen, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The lyrics are different: gone are the dreamy, un-self-conscious proclamations of affection from the EP (which was reissued with additional tracks), replaced with vividly dark broodings , thick with doubt and fear.}}