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What is the difference between compend and abridgment?

compend | abridgment |

As nouns the difference between compend and abridgment

is that compend is a compendium; an epitome; a summary while abridgment is {{context|us|lang=en}} the act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses {{defdate|first attested from around (1350 to 1470)}}.

compend

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
  • * (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
    • the man being only a sort of compend of the globe with its centrifugence and centripetence, with its chemistry, with its polarity, with its undulation.

    Related terms

    * compendious * compendium

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    abridgment

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * abridgement

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
  • (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment , one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
  • (obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
  • * What abridgment have you for this evening? What masque? what music? - Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, V-i
  • (dated, legal) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.

    • Usage notes

    * In current usage this spelling is about as common as (abridgement) in the US, but much less common in the UK. * Notes on near-synonyms: ** An abridgment'' is made by omitting the less important parts of some larger work; as, an ''abridgment of a dictionary. ** A compendium is a brief exhibition of a subject, or science, for common use; as, a compendium of American literature. ** An epitome corresponds to a compendium'', and gives briefly the most material points of a subject; as, an ''epitome of history. ** An abstract is a brief statement of a thing in its main points. ** A synopsis is a bird's-eye view of a subject, or work, in its several parts.

    Synonyms

    * (act of abridging) compendium, epitome, abstract, synopsis,

    Related terms

    * abridge

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