Recapitulate vs Synopsis - What's the difference?
recapitulate | synopsis |
to summarize or repeat in concise form
to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development
A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
(Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.
As a verb recapitulate
is to summarize or repeat in concise form.As a noun synopsis is
synopsis.recapitulate
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Verb
(recapitulat)- The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
- ''Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.