✅ Define means to give a description of something, especially a description that identifies the nature of something or its essential qualities (We had to define the problem before we could solve it).

✅ Characterize means to describe the character of something or someone, or to describe some individual quality (She characterized her friends as supportive and kind).

✅ Define particularly means to give an accurate, neutral description (He defined the duties involved in the job).

✅ Characterize particularly suggests giving a description that includes personal, subjective opinions (He characterized the job as stressful but exciting).

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✅ Pithy refers to a saying, comment, observation or similar that is short and full of meaning (She was known for her pithy comments about her fellow party guests).

✅ Epigrammatic refers to something that is short and witty, like an epigram (His epigrammatic replies were sometimes difficult to follow).

✅ Pithy and epigrammatic both describe short, meaningful, and witty statements.

✅ Pithy is the more common word and is used to describe a wider variety of things.

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✅ Concise describes using language as efficiently as possible and expressing a lot in few words (I gave a concise explanation of the problem).

✅ Succinct refers to expressing something in few words (His text messages were always succinct).

✅ Concise emphasizes expressing big ideas as completely as possible but in as few words as possible (The text provided a concise history of environmental law).

✅ Succinct often emphasizes using as few words as you can, regardless of what is being expressed (She answered with a succinct “no”).

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