The difference between Concise and Verbose

When used as adjectives, concise means brief, yet including all important information, whereas verbose means abounding in words, containing more words than necessary.


Concise is also verb with the meaning: to make concise.

check bellow for the other definitions of Concise and Verbose

  1. Concise as an adjective:

    brief, yet including all important information

  1. Concise as a verb (India, transitive):

    To make concise; to abridge or summarize.

  1. Verbose as an adjective:

    Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary; long-winded.

  2. Verbose as an adjective (computing):

    Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

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