Reticent vs. Taciturn
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Difference Between Reticent and Taciturn
Reticentadjective
Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
Taciturnadjective
Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.Reticentadjective
(proscribed) Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).
Taciturnadjective
habitually reserved and uncommunicative
Reticentadjective
temperamentally disinclined to talk
Reticentadjective
cool and formal in manner
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Reticentadjective
reluctant to draw attention to yourself
