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Precis vs Compendium - What's the difference?

precis | compendium |

As nouns the difference between precis and compendium

is that precis is a concise or abridged statement or view while compendium is a short, complete summary; an abstract.

As a verb precis

is to write a précis of a work; to summarise, abridge.

precis

English

Noun

(precis)

    • Anagrams

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    compendium

    English

    (wikipedia compendium)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A short, complete summary; an abstract.
  • A list or collection of various items.
  • * 2008 , Caroline Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess (page 157)
    • It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.
  • # (label) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.

    • Derived terms

    * compendial

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