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Summary vs Roundup - What's the difference?

summary | roundup |

As nouns the difference between summary and roundup

is that summary is an abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material while roundup is an activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.

As an adjective summary

is concise, brief or presented in a condensed form.

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

    roundup

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
  • The similar police activity of gathering together suspects to a crime.
  • The summary to a news bulletin.