Crisp vs. Succinct — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Crisp and Succinct
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Crisp
(of a substance) firm, dry, and brittle
Crisp bacon
The snow is lovely and crisp
Succinct
Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse
A succinct reply.
A succinct style.
Crisp
(of the weather) cool, fresh, and invigorating
A crisp autumn day
Succinct
(Archaic) Encircled as if by a girdle; girded.
Crisp
(of a way of speaking) briskly decisive and matter-of-fact, without hesitation or unnecessary detail
Her answer was crisp
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Succinct
Brief and to the point.
You should give clear, succinct information to the clients.
Crisp
A wafer-thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snack.
Cut down on fatty snacks such as crisps
Succinct
Compressed into a tiny area.
Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.
Crisp
A dessert of fruit baked with a crunchy topping of brown sugar, butter, and flour
Rhubarb crisp
Succinct
(archaic) Wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.
Crisp
Give (food) a crisp surface by placing it in an oven or under a grill
Crisp the pitta in the oven
Succinct
Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
His habit fit for speed succinct.
Crisp
Curl (something) into short, stiff, wavy folds or crinkles
There is a cooling breeze which crisps the broad clear river
Succinct
Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
Let all your precepts be succinct and clear.
The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind.
Crisp
Firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
Crisp potato chips.
Succinct
Briefly giving the gist of something;
A short and compendious book
A compact style is brief and pithy
Succinct comparisons
A summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
Crisp
Pleasingly firm and fresh
Crisp carrot and celery sticks.
Crisp
Bracing; invigorating
Crisp mountain air.
Crisp
Lively; sprightly
Music with a crisp rhythm.
Crisp
Conspicuously clean or new
A crisp dollar bill.
Crisp
Marked by clarity, conciseness, and briskness
A crisp reply.
Crisp
Having small curls, waves, or ripples. Used of hair.
Crisp
To make or keep crisp.
Crisp
To become or remain crisp.
Crisp
Something crisp or easily crumbled
The roast was burned to a crisp.
Crisp
A dessert of fruit baked with a sweet crumbly topping
Apple crisp.
Crisp
Chiefly British A potato chip.
Crisp
(of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
This new television set has a very crisp image.
Crisp
Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
The crisp snow crunched underfoot.
Crisp
Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
Crisp
(of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
Crisp
(of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
Crisp
(of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
An expert, given a certain query, will often come up with a crisp answer: “yes” or “no”.
Crisp
(of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
Crisp
(obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
Crisp
(dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
Crisp hair
Crisp
(obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
Crisp
(comptheory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
Crisp
(British) A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.
Crisp
A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
Crisp
(food) Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
Kale crisps
Crisp
(transitive) To make crisp.
To crisp bacon by frying it
Crisp
(intransitive) To become crisp.
To put celery into ice water to crisp
Crisp
To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).
Crisp
To become curled.
Crisp
To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
Crisp
To undulate or ripple.
Crisp
To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
Crisp
To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
Crisp
To interweave (of the branches of trees).
Crisp
To make a sharp or harsh sound.
Crisp
To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
Crisp
Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
Crisp
Curled with the ripple of the water.
You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . . . Leave jour crisp channels.
Crisp
Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
The cakes at tea ate short and crisp.
Crisp
Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years.
Crisp
Lively; sparking; effervescing.
Your neat crisp claret.
Crisp
Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
The snug, small room, and the crisp fire.
Crisp
To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
Crisp
To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.
The lover with the myrtle spraysAdorns his crisped tresses.
Along the crisped shades and bowers.
The crisped brooks,Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold.
Crisp
To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
Crisp
That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.
Crisp
A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Crisp
Make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface;
The dress got wrinkled
Crisp
Make brown and crisp by heating;
Toast bread
Crisp potatoes
Crisp
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined;
A sharp photographic image
The sharp crack of a twig
The crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot
Crisp
Tender and brittle;
Crisp potato chips
Crisp
Pleasantly cold and invigorating;
Crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
A nipping wind
A nippy fall day
Snappy weather
Crisp
Pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed;
Crisp carrot and celery sticks
A firm apple
Crunchy lettuce
Crisp
In small tight curls
Crisp
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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