What is the difference between taciturn and laconic?
taciturn | laconic |
Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
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Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
* Alexander Pope
* Welwood
Laconic is a antonym of taciturn.
As adjectives the difference between taciturn and laconic
is that taciturn is silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak while laconic is using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.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
* ----laconic
English
(Laconic phrase)Adjective
(en adjective)- I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.
- His sense was strong and his style laconic .