Summary vs Background - What's the difference?
summary | background |
Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
(legal) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
One's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
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, title= Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
(computing) The image or color, over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(computing) Activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
As nouns the difference between summary and background
is that summary is an abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material while background is one's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.As an adjective summary
is concise, brief or presented in a condensed form.As a verb background is
to put in a position that is not prominent.summary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A summary review is in the appendix.
- They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
- Summary justice is bad justice.
Noun
(wikipedia summary) (summaries)Synonyms
* upshot, bottom line, short form (slang)Derived terms
* executive summary * management summarybackground
English
Noun
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