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Terse vs Concise

From here.

Concise means you take out unnecessary words. For example, write “daily,” not “on a daily basis.”

Terse means you take out too many words. Terseness introduces ambiguity.

terse but not concise

This makes me think of ancient Chinese, such as:

民可使由之不可使知之 (《论语泰伯第八》)

Obviously, this statement is terse but not concise.

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