【Concise】 , 【terse】 , 【succinct】 , 【laconic】 , 【summary】 , 【pithy】 , 【compendious】 are comparable when meaning briefly stated or presented or given to or manifesting brevity in statement or expression.
A person is 【concise】 who speaks or writes briefly; a thing is 【concise】 that is brief because all superfluities have been removed and all elaboration avoided.
A thing is 【terse】 that is both 【concise】 and finished; the word often implies both pointedness and elegance.
A person or thing is 【succinct】 that compresses or is marked by compression into the smallest possible space; the term suggests great compactness and the use of no more words than are necessary.
A person or thing is 【laconic】 that is characterized by such succinctness as to seem curt, brusque, unperturbed, or mystifyingt.
A thing is 【summary】 that presents only the bare outlines or the main points without details. The term often suggests almost rude curtness or extreme generality.
A thing is 【pithy】 that is not only 【terse】 or 【succinct】 but full of substance and meaning and therefore especially forcible or telling.
Something is 【compendious】 which is 【concise】 , 【summary】 , and weighted with matter; the word suggests the type of treatment that distinguishes the typical compendium.
