Preamble vs Overview - What's the difference?
preamble | overview |
A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
(computing) A syncword.
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:
As nouns the difference between preamble and overview
is that preamble is a short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute while overview is a brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.As a verb overview is
to engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.preamble
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(wikipedia preamble)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)overview
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Verb
(en verb)- 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.