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Recapitulation vs Outline - What's the difference?

recapitulation | outline | Related terms |

Recapitulation is a related term of outline.


As nouns the difference between recapitulation and outline

is that recapitulation is recapitulation while outline is a line marking the boundary of an object figure.

As a verb outline is

(lb) to draw an outline of something.

recapitulation

English

(wikipedia recapitulation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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:
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * (subsequent enumeration of the major points) summary

    Related terms

    * recapitulate

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    outline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
  • The outer shape of an object or figure.
  • A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
  • * Dryden
    • Painters, by their outlines , colours, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
  • A general description of some subject.
  • A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
  • A preliminary plan for a project.
    • the outline of a speech
  • (film industry) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.

    • See also

    * silhouette

    Verb

    (outlin)
  • (lb) To draw an outline of something.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}
  • (lb) To summarize something.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

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