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Verbose vs Reserved - What's the difference?

verbose | reserved |

As adjectives the difference between verbose and reserved

is that verbose is abounding in words, containing more words than necessary long winded, or windy while reserved is (comparable) slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

As a verb reserved is

(reserve).

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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    reserved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (reserve)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
    • He was a quiet, reserved person.
  • (not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
    • I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * reservedly * reservedness

    Derived terms

    * reserved track

    See also

    * shy

    Anagrams

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