Terse vs Abridged - What's the difference?
terse | abridged | Related terms |
(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.
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
(abridge)
As adjectives the difference between terse and abridged
is that terse is polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce while abridged is cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.As a verb abridged is
past tense of abridge.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.}}
Synonyms
* abrupt * brusque * concise * curt * succinct * laconic * See alsoAntonyms
* verbose * prolixDerived terms
* tersely * tersenessAnagrams
* ----abridged
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.