The difference between Concise and Succinct
When used as adjectives, concise means brief, yet including all important information, whereas succinct means brief and to the point.
Concise is also verb with the meaning: to make concise.
check bellow for the other definitions of Concise and Succinct
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Concise as an adjective:
brief, yet including all important information
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Concise as a verb (India, transitive):
To make concise; to abridge or summarize.
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Succinct as an adjective:
brief and to the point
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Succinct as an adjective:
compressed into a tiny area.
Examples:
"Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first."
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Succinct as an adjective (archaic):
wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.