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Verbose vs Copious - What's the difference?

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Verbose is a related term of copious.


As adjectives the difference between verbose and copious

is that verbose is abounding in words, containing more words than necessary long winded, or windy while copious is great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.

verbose

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy.
  • (computing) Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.
  • * 2001 , Richard Blum, Postfix (page 532)
    • You should use verbose logging sparingly. Turning on verbose logging for every process would result in log files so large they would become useless.

    Synonyms

    * wordy * long-winded * See also

    Antonyms

    * concise * terse

    Related terms

    * verbosity

    Anagrams

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    copious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. ยง 18.
    • These loose hints I have thrown together, in order to excite the curiosity of philosophers, and beget a suspicion at least, if not a full persuasion, that this subject is very copious ,
  • Having an abundant supply.
  • Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.

    • Related terms

    * copiously * copiousness

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