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Overview vs Details - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between overview and details

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

As verbs the difference between overview and details

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

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.

    details

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (detail)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • Synonyms

    * brass tacks * low-level * nitty-gritty * nuts and bolts ----