Redundancy vs. Wordiness — What's the Difference?

The state of being redundant.

Relating to or consisting of words; verbal.

Something redundant or excessive; a superfluity.

Tending to use, using, or expressed in more words than are necessary to convey meaning.

Repetition of linguistic information inherent in the structure of a language, as singularity in the sentence It works.

The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words.

Excessive wordiness or repetition in expression.

The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness.

The state or fact of being unemployed because work is no longer offered or considered necessary.

Boring verboseness

A dismissal of an employee from work for being no longer necessary; a layoff.

(Electronics) Duplication or repetition of elements in electronic equipment to provide alternative functional channels in case of failure.

Repetition of parts or all of a message to circumvent transmission errors.

(Genetics) See degeneracy.

The state of being redundant

A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language

Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.

Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.

The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

(law) surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

Repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission

The attribute of being superfluous and unneeded;

(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails

Repetition of an act needlessly