✅ 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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✅ Wordy and verbose refer to using a lot of words, especially an unnecessary number, to say something (His wordy emails were annoying to read; Their reviews were always verbose).

✅ Verbose also suggests a pretentious style of speech (Her verbose acceptance speech made us roll our eyes).

✅ Wordy is a simpler word to describe pretentious language. Verbose is a more literary or formal term.

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