Brief and Task

Brief

Brief noun - A short statement of the main points.

Task and brief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Task" instead a noun "Brief".

Task

Task noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

Brief and task are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brief" instead a noun "Task".

Nearby Words: tasked, taskwork, tasking

How words are described

original original brief original task
single single brief single task
small small brief small task
easy easy brief easy task
Other adjectives: last, different.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / The Amazing Race The audience only sees a single fairly brief page in the task envelopes that the teams open at each box.
  • Series / The Apprentice In the brief time he was on the show he proved unable to carry out the simplest tasks on a computer, slept through a good deal of the task he was the project manager on, and even got mistaken for Donny Osmond.
  • The policemen in the task force are also assigned; this is quietly dropped (with a brief resurgence when Matsuda finds himself in a room full of Kira conspirators), presumably because the main villain knows all their real names already, but deems them Not Worth Killing.
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