Precis vs Recapitulation - What's the difference?
precis | recapitulation | Related terms |
A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
(music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
(biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 144:
Precis is a related term of recapitulation.
As nouns the difference between precis and recapitulation
is that precis is a concise or abridged statement or view while recapitulation is recapitulation.As a verb precis
is to write a précis of a work; to summarise, abridge.recapitulation
English
(wikipedia recapitulation)Noun
(en noun)- one would expect God's final purpose to be expressed in his created world, since the doctrine of recapitulation showed that this is where his plans had worked out before.