Brief and Prompt

Brief

Brief adjective - Marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning.

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Prompt and brief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prompt" instead an adjective "Brief".

Prompt adjective - Done, carried out, or given without delay.

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Brief and prompt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brief" instead an adjective "Prompt".

following	following brief	following prompt
original	original brief	original prompt
single	single brief	single prompt
little	little brief	little prompt
Other adjectives: quick, different.

audience	brief audience	prompt audience
pilots	brief pilots	prompt pilots

Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl has one of these, about 2/3s of the way through the game you get a brief text prompt telling you to backtrack to the first map.

Source: Earn Your Happy Ending / Video Games
In their live performance at Drury Lane, when John asks if the slug replacement talks, Palin answers with a prompt "Yes." There's a brief pause, and then Cleese responds, "Right; I'll have that one then."

Source: Off the Rails
While the aliens are trying to decide if the fighters are very large, slow missiles or very small, fast ships, the fighters prompt a brief Oh Crap!

Source: Literature / Empire from the Ashes

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