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Concise vs Overview - What's the difference?

concise | overview |

As an adjective concise

is brief, yet including all important information.

As a noun overview is

a brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.

As a verb overview is

to engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.

concise

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * succinct * See also

    Antonyms

    * verbose

    Derived terms

    * concisely * concision * conciseness

    overview

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia overview) (en noun)
  • A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.
  • * 1976 , Elizabeth A. Freidheim, Sociological Theory in Research Practice [http://books.google.com/books?id=mtHEnnMKh3gC], ISBN 0870730150, page 313:
    • Gouldner, on the other hand, overviewed all of sociology as it exists in the Western world today, using Talcott Parsons as a "representative" example of its dominant mode of thought.