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Summarise vs Condense - What's the difference?

summarise | condense |

As verbs the difference between summarise and condense

is that summarise is to prepare a summary of something while condense is to decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.

As an adjective condense is

condensed; compact; dense.

summarise

English

Alternative forms

* summarize (US )

Verb

(summaris)
  • To prepare a summary of something
    • Jim was asked to summarise the document by Wednesday.
  • To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review
    • After the meeting, Jim summarised the major decisions made.

    Anagrams

    *

    condense

    English

    Alternative forms

    * condence

    Verb

  • To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
    • An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
    Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
  • To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
  • * Milton
    • In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure.
  • * Motley
    • The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
  • (chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.

    • Synonyms

    * (to decrease size or volume) minify

    Antonyms

    * extend * magnify

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
    • The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.
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