Terse vs Verse - What's the difference?
terse | verse |
(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.
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Poetic form in general.
One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.
(obsolete) To compose verses.
* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
To tell in verse, or poetry.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
to educate about, to teach about.
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, title= (colloquial) To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.
As a verb terse
is .As a noun verse is
dew, dampness.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
* ----verse
English
Etymology 1
Partly from (etyl) vers; partly, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* blank verse * free verseVerb
(vers)- It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet.
- playing on pipes of corn and versing love
Etymology 2
Verb
(vers)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.