Brief vs. Debrief
Difference Between Brief and Debrief
Briefadjective
Of short duration; happening quickly.
Her reign was brief but spectacular.Debriefverb
(transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence.
Briefadjective
Concise; taking few words.
His speech of acceptance was brief but moving.Debriefverb
(transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc.
Briefadjective
Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
Her skirt was extremely brief but doubtless cool.Debriefverb
(transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.
Briefadjective
(obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
Debriefverb
put someone through a debriefing and make him report;
The released hostages were debriefedBriefnoun
(legal) A writ summoning one to answer to any action.
Briefnoun
(legal) An answer to any action.
Briefnoun
(legal) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
Briefnoun
A position of interest or advocacy.
Briefnoun
(legal) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
Briefnoun
(English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case.
Briefnoun
A short news story or report.
Briefnoun
undershorts briefs.
I wear boxers under trousers but for sports I usually wear a brief.Briefnoun
(obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
Briefnoun
A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
Briefnoun
(slang) A ticket of any type.
Briefverb
(transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability.Briefverb
To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
Briefadverb
Briefly.
Briefadverb
Soon; quickly.
Briefnoun
a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
Briefnoun
a condensed written summary or abstract
Briefverb
give essential information to someone;
The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invadeBriefadjective
of short duration or distance;
a brief stay in the countryin a little whileit's a little way awayBriefadjective
concise and succinct;
covered the matter in a brief statementBriefadjective
(of clothing) very short;
an abbreviated swimsuita brief bikini
