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Taciturnity vs Tacit - What's the difference?

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Taciturnity is a related term of tacit.


As a noun taciturnity

is the trait of being taciturn.

As a adjective tacit is

done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.

taciturnity

English

Noun

(-)
  • The trait of being taciturn.
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  • tacit

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
  • tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
  • * 1983 , Stanley Rosen, Plato’s'' Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image , page 62:
  • He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.
  • * 2004 , Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, ?Vivien Lowndes; ISBN 9287155798):
  • (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
  • Derived terms

    * tacitly * tacitness

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