Brief vs. Debrief

Brief vs. Debrief — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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Briefadjective

(obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.

Debriefverb

put someone through a debriefing and make him report;

The released hostages were debriefed

Briefnoun

(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.

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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 invade

Briefadjective

of short duration or distance;

a brief stay in the countryin a little whileit's a little way away

Briefadjective

concise and succinct;

covered the matter in a brief statement

Briefadjective

(of clothing) very short;

an abbreviated swimsuita brief bikini