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Curtailment vs Abridgment - What's the difference?

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Curtailment is a related term of abridgment.


As nouns the difference between curtailment and abridgment

is that curtailment is the act of curtailing while abridgment is (us) the act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses .

curtailment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of curtailing

    • abridgment

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * abridgement

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
  • (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment , one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
  • (obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
  • * What abridgment have you for this evening? What masque? what music? - Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, V-i
  • (dated, legal) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.

    • Usage notes

    * In current usage this spelling is about as common as (abridgement) in the US, but much less common in the UK. * Notes on near-synonyms: ** An abridgment'' is made by omitting the less important parts of some larger work; as, an ''abridgment of a dictionary. ** A compendium is a brief exhibition of a subject, or science, for common use; as, a compendium of American literature. ** An epitome corresponds to a compendium'', and gives briefly the most material points of a subject; as, an ''epitome of history. ** An abstract is a brief statement of a thing in its main points. ** A synopsis is a bird's-eye view of a subject, or work, in its several parts.

    Synonyms

    * (act of abridging) compendium, epitome, abstract, synopsis,

    Related terms

    * abridge

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