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Summarized vs Abbreviate - What's the difference?

summarized | abbreviate |

As verbs the difference between summarized and abbreviate

is that summarized is (summarize) while abbreviate is (obsolete|transitive) to shorten by omitting parts or details .

As an adjective abbreviate is

(obsolete) abbreviated; abridged; shortened .

As a noun abbreviate is

(obsolete) an abridgment .

summarized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (summarize)

    • summarize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * summarise (UK )

    Verb

    (summariz)
  • To prepare a summary of something
  • To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review

    • abbreviate

    English

    Etymology 1

    * Either' from (etyl) abbreviaten, from (etyl) . * See abridge.

    Verb

    (abbreviat)
  • (obsolete) To shorten by omitting parts or details.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off.
  • (obsolete) To speak or write in a brief manner.
  • To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
  • To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
  • (mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
    • Synonyms
    * shorten
    Antonyms
    * lengthen
    Related terms
    * abbreviation * abbreviator

    Etymology 2

    * From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
  • *
  • (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An abridgment.

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