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Epitome vs Embodiment - What's the difference?

epitome | embodiment |

As nouns the difference between epitome and embodiment

is that epitome is the embodiment or encapsulation of while embodiment is a physical entity typifying an abstraction.

epitome

English

Noun

(wikipedia epitome) (en-noun)
  • (of a class of items) The embodiment or encapsulation of.
  • (of a class of items) A representative example.
  • (of a class of items) The height; the best.
  • (of a written document) A brief summary.
  • Usage notes

    The sense ‘the height, the best’ is considered incorrect by some; instead, `pinnacle' may be preferred.

    Synonyms

    * (an embodiment of) in a nutshell (modern idiom), synopsis * (the best) greatest * (a summary) abstract, synopsis

    Antonyms

    * antithesis

    Derived terms

    * epitomize * epitomic * epitomical

    embodiment

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia embodiment) (en noun)
  • a physical entity typifying an abstraction
  • You are the very embodiment of beauty.
  • * 1880 , W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe
  • The law is the true embodiment Of everything that's excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my Lords, embody the law.

    Synonyms

    * incarnation

    Derived terms

    * disembodiment