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Summarized vs Generalized - What's the difference?

summarized | generalized |

As verbs the difference between summarized and generalized

is that summarized is past tense of summarize while generalized is past tense of generalize.

As an adjective generalized is

made more general, less specialized.

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

    • generalized

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made more general, less specialized.
    • The generalized formula applies to all cases, the specialized one only works on simple problems.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (generalize)