Terse vs Breve - What's the difference?
terse | breve |
(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.
(orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark () placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
(music, UK) A double whole note.
(legal) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
The great ant thrush of Sumatra (, which has a very short tail.
As a verb terse
is .As an adjective breve is
.As a noun breve is
a brief piece of information or news (as opposed to the headline).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.}}