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Terse vs Thumbnail - What's the difference?

terse | thumbnail | Related terms |

Terse is a related term of thumbnail.


As verbs the difference between terse and thumbnail

is that terse is while thumbnail is to describe concisely.

As a noun thumbnail is

the fingernail on the thumb.

terse

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (obsolete) Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.
  • (of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.
  • * 1907 , , title page:
    • "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,"
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 4, author=Lewis Smith, work=the Guardian
    • , title= 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.}}
  • Abruptly or brusquely short.

    • Synonyms

    * abrupt * brusque * concise * curt * succinct * laconic * See also

    Antonyms

    * verbose * prolix

    Derived terms

    * tersely * terseness

    Anagrams

    * ----

    thumbnail

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fingernail on the thumb.
  • A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).
  • (chiefly, computing) A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image.

    • See also

    * (3): icon, thumbshot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To describe concisely.

    • External links

    * Maven's Word of the Day, December 11, 1997 *