Asymptotic rate of convergence versus the "asymptotics" of any series expansion

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On page 68 of Christopher Small's Expansions and Asymptotics for Statistics, we look at: $$ E(T_n)=\sqrt{\frac{8}{\pi n}}e^{-n/8}\Big(1-\frac{8}{n}+\frac{96}{n^2}-\cdots\Big). $$ (Here, $n$ is the sample size and $T_n$ is a function of the observed data.)

The authors then write:

In this example, the asymptotic rate of convergence of $T_n$ to zero is superexponential. However, the expansion is "$n$-asymptotic" in nature.

(The boldfacing is mine.)

Up to the page cited above, the boldfaced terms above are not defined rigorously. What do they refer to and could you please recommend a more elementary text that deal with (topics that eventually lead to) those terms?