Concise vs. Terse

Conciseadjective

brief, yet including all important information

Terseadjective

(obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.

Conciseverb

To make concise; to abridge or summarize.

Terseadjective

(by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

Conciseadjective

Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; - used of style in writing or speaking.

‘The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood.’; ‘Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little.’;

Terseadjective

(by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.

Conciseadjective

expressing much in few words;

‘a concise explanation’;

Terseadjective

Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.

‘Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive.’;

Conciseadjective

giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive

‘a concise account of the country's history’;

Terseadjective

Refined; accomplished; - said of persons.

Concise

Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Terseadjective

Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.

‘Terse, luminous, and dignified eloquence.’; ‘A poet, too, was there, whose verseWas tender, musical, and terse.’; ‘"In eight terse lines has Phædrus told(So frugal were the bards of old)A tale of goats; and closed with grace,Plan, moral, all, in that short space."’;

Terseadjective

brief and to the point; effectively cut short;

‘a crisp retort’; ‘a response so curt as to be almost rude’; ‘the laconic reply; `yes'’; ‘short and terse and easy to understand’;

Terseadjective

sparing in the use of words; abrupt

‘a terse statement’;