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Abridged vs Epitomized - What's the difference?

abridged | epitomized |

As verbs the difference between abridged and epitomized

is that abridged is past tense of abridge while epitomized is past tense of epitomize.

As an adjective abridged

is cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

abridged

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
    • The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.

    Related terms

    * unabridged

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abridge)

    • Anagrams

    *

    epitomized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (epitomize)

    • epitomize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * epitomise

    Verb

    (epitomiz)
  • To make an epitome of.
  • To be an epitome of.
  • * 1997 , Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics'', in ''Handbook of Logic and Language , ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99
    • The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.

    Synonyms

    * sum up

    Derived terms

    * epitomizer * epitomization * epitomistic