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Concise vs Compendium - What's the difference?

concise | compendium |

As an adjective concise

is brief, yet including all important information.

As a noun compendium is

a short, complete summary; an abstract.

concise

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • brief, yet including all important information

    • Synonyms

    * succinct * See also

    Antonyms

    * verbose

    Derived terms

    * concisely * concision * conciseness

    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

    Related terms

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