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Compendium vs Conspectus - What's the difference?

compendium | conspectus |

As nouns the difference between compendium and conspectus

is that compendium is a short, complete summary; an abstract while conspectus is a general survey of a subject.

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

    conspectus

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A general survey of a subject.
  • A synopsis.