Talkative vs Loquacity - What's the difference?
talkative | loquacity |
Tending to talk a lot.
Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.
Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
* 1887 , , An Unsocial Socialist , ch. 17:
As an adjective talkative
is tending to talk a lot.As a noun loquacity is
talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.talkative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, outgoing, talksome * long-winded, logorrheic, verbose * indiscreet, outspoken * See alsoAntonyms
* dour, monosyllabic, sullen, withdrawn * laconic, taciturn, terse, uncommunicative * mute, quiet, silentDerived terms
* talkativenessloquacity
English
Noun
(loquacities)- Their silence would have been awkward but for the loquacity of Jane, who talked enough for all three.
