Characterize vs Summarize - What's the difference?
characterize | summarize |
to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)
to determine the characteristics of
* {{quote-book, passage=This glossary includes terminology used in coastal science, engineering, geology, management, nearshore oceanography and the technologies that characterize , measure, describe or quantify the physical properties, processes and changes of the coastal zone.
, title=Department of Ecology Publication No. 98-105
, chapter=Glossary of Coastal Terminology
, author=Brian Voigt
, year=1998
To prepare a summary of something
To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review
As verbs the difference between characterize and summarize
is that characterize is to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative while summarize is to prepare a summary of something.characterize
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(Characterization)Alternative forms
* characteriseVerb
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