Reticent vs. Taciturn

Reticentadjective

Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

Reticentadjective

(proscribed) Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).

Reticentadjective

Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

Reticentadjective

temperamentally disinclined to talk

Reticentadjective

cool and formal in manner

Reticentadjective

reluctant to draw attention to yourself

Taciturnadjective

Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

Taciturnadjective

Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.

Taciturnadjective

habitually reserved and uncommunicative

Taciturnadjective

(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little