Concise vs. Terse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Concise and Terse
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Concise
Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Terse
Sparing in the use of words; abrupt
A terse statement
Concise
Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive
A concise account of the country's history
Terse
Brief and to the point; effectively concise
A terse one-word answer.
Concise
Expressing much in few words; clear and succinct.
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Terse
(by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
Concise
Brief, yet including all important information
Terse
(by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
Concise
(obsolete) Physically short or truncated
Terse
(obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
Concise
To make concise; to abridge or summarize.
Terse
Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive.
Concise
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.
Terse
Refined; accomplished; - said of persons.
Concise
Expressing much in few words;
A concise explanation
Terse
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."
Terse
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
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