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Taciturn vs Decorum - What's the difference?

taciturn | decorum |

As an adjective taciturn

is silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

As a noun decorum is

decorum.

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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    decorum

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
  • * 2010 — , This Isn't What It Looks Like , ch. 4
    • It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.
  • (countable) A convention of social behavior

    • Related terms

    * decorous