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Compendium vs Compendious - What's the difference?

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Compendium is a related term of compendious.


As a noun compendium

is a short, complete summary; an abstract.

As an adjective compendious is

containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized.

compendium

English

(wikipedia compendium)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A short, complete summary; an abstract.
  • A list or collection of various items.
  • * 2008 , Caroline Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess (page 157)
    • It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.
  • # (label) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.

    • Derived terms

    * compendial

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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

    • Related terms

    * compendium * compendia

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