Digressive vs. Discursive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Digressive and Discursive
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Digressive
Characterized by digressions; rambling.
Discursive
Covering a wide field of subjects; rambling.
Digressive
Marked by digression; rambling
Discursive
Proceeding to a conclusion through reason rather than intuition.
Digressive
Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.
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Discursive
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
Digressive
Of superficial relevance if any;
A digressive allusion to the day of the week
A tangential remark
Discursive
(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
Digressive
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects;
Amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
A rambling discursive book
His excursive remarks
A rambling speech about this and that
Discursive
Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.
The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive.
A man rather tacit than discursive.
Discursive
Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
Reason is her being,Discursive or intuitive.
Discursive
Proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
Discursive
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects;
Amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
A rambling discursive book
His excursive remarks
A rambling speech about this and that
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