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Summary vs Succinct - What's the difference?

summary | succinct |

As adjectives the difference between summary and succinct

is that summary is concise, brief or presented in a condensed form while succinct is brief and to the point.

As a noun summary

is an abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

summary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
  • A summary review is in the appendix.
  • Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
  • They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
  • (legal) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
  • Summary justice is bad justice.

    Noun

    (wikipedia summary) (summaries)
  • An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
  • Synonyms

    * upshot, bottom line, short form (slang)

    Derived terms

    * executive summary * management summary

    succinct

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • brief and to the point
  • compressed into a tiny area.
  • (archaic) wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.
  • Synonyms

    * concise * laconic * See also

    Derived terms

    * succinctness * succinctly