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Summary vs Highlights - What's the difference?

summary | highlights |

As nouns the difference between summary and highlights

is that summary is an abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material while highlights is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective summary

is concise, brief or presented in a condensed form.

As a verb highlights is

third-person singular of highlight.

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

    highlights

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hilites (informal)

    Noun

    (head) (p)
  • Summary of an event, such as a sporting event, focussing on the most entertaining or consequential aspects; compilation of each highlight of that event
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (highlight)