Verbose vs Terse - What's the difference?
verbose | terse |
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)
(obsolete) Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.
(of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.
* 1907 , , title page:
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 4, author=Lewis Smith, work=the Guardian
, title= Abruptly or brusquely short.
Terse is a antonym of verbose.
As adjectives the difference between verbose and terse
is that verbose is abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy while terse is polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.verbose
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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 alsoAntonyms
* concise * terseAnagrams
* * ----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.}}
