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Chronicle vs Synopsis - What's the difference?

chronicle | synopsis |

As nouns the difference between chronicle and synopsis

is that chronicle is a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time while synopsis is synopsis.

As a verb chronicle

is to record in or as in a chronicle.

chronicle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
  • *
  • *:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used in the title of a newspaper, as in Pennsylvania Chronicle .

    Synonyms

    * (account of events and when they happened) annals, archives, chronicon, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version

    Verb

  • To record in or as in a chronicle.

    • Synonyms

    * (record in a chronicle) record

    synopsis

    English

    (wikipedia synopsis)

    Noun

    (synopses)
  • A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
  • (Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

    • Synonyms

    * (brief summary): abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary

    Related terms

    * synoptic * synoptical * synoptically * synoptist

    See also

    * bird's-eye view

    External links

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