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Contents vs Overview - What's the difference?

contents | overview |

As nouns the difference between contents and overview

is that contents is plural of lang=en while overview is a brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.

As verbs the difference between contents and overview

is that contents is third-person singular of content while overview is to engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.

contents

English

Noun

(head)
  • (usually plural) That which is contained.
    • It is not covered in your homeowner's policy. You need contents insurance.
    The contents of the cup had a familiar aroma.
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    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
  • (pluralonly) A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start.
    • I always start a book by reading the dustjacket and the contents before I really dig in to the content itself.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (content)
    • English pluralia tantum ----

    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.