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Summary vs Rundown - What's the difference?

summary | rundown |

As adjectives the difference between summary and rundown

is that summary is concise, brief or presented in a condensed form while rundown is alternative form of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between summary and rundown

is that summary is an abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material while rundown is a rough outline. Generally used in the definite, as the rundown.

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

    rundown

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough outline. Generally used in the definite, as the rundown .
  • Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?
  • (baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
  • Smith is caught in a rundown , but Jones will come around to score.
  • A Caribbean stew of fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
  • Adjective

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  • Synonyms

    * bedraggled * broken-down * dilapidated * ramshackle * ruinous * tatterdemalion * tumbledown