Taciturn vs Terse - What's the difference?
taciturn | terse |
Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
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(obsolete) Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.
(of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.
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, title= Abruptly or brusquely short.
Terse is a antonym of taciturn.
As adjectives the difference between taciturn and terse
is that taciturn is silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak while terse is polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.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
* ----terse
English
Adjective
(er)- "A consise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge consisting of over 16,000 terse and original articles on nearly all subjects discussed in larger encyclopaedias,"
Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?, passage=Having attempted to identify a role for the society and its magazine, Quest, "for the next 40 years", the society chairman, Rhea Williams, decided it was time to close. She announced the group's demise in a terse message to members following the annual meeting, which just 22 people attended.}}