Exemplification vs Epitome - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between exemplification and epitome

is that exemplification is the act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example while epitome is the embodiment or encapsulation of.

(en noun)

The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.

(legal) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

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(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.

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

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

* antithesis

* epitomize * epitomic * epitomical

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