Terce vs. Terse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Terce and Terse
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Definitions
Terce➦
Terce, or Third Hour, is a fixed time of prayer of the Divine Office in almost all the Christian liturgies. It consists mainly of psalms and is said at 9 a.m.
Terse➦
Sparing in the use of words; abrupt
A terse statement
Terce➦
The third of the seven canonical hours. No longer in liturgical use.
Terse➦
Brief and to the point; effectively concise
A terse one-word answer.
Terce➦
The time of day appointed for this service, usually the third hour after sunrise.
Terse➦
(by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
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Terce➦
(historical) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
Terse➦
(by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
Terce➦
The service appointed for this hour.
Terse➦
(obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
Terce➦
A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.
Terse➦
Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive.
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Terce➦
See Tierce.
Terse➦
Refined; accomplished; - said of persons.
Terce➦
The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
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
