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Abridged vs Compendious - What's the difference?

abridged | compendious |

As adjectives the difference between abridged and compendious

is that abridged is cut or shortened, especially of a literary work while compendious is containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized.

As a verb abridged

is past tense of abridge.

abridged

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
  • The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abridge)
  • Anagrams

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    compendious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
  • briefly describing a body of knowledge
  • Anagrams

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