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Summary vs Short-lived - What's the difference?

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Summary is a related term of short-lived.


As adjectives the difference between summary and short-lived

is that summary is concise, brief or presented in a condensed form while short-lived is alive or existent for only a short period of time.

As a noun summary

is an abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

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

    short-lived

    English

    Adjective

  • Alive or existent for only a short period of time.
    • But his joy was short-lived , for his fortunes soon changed.

    Usage notes

    * The pronunciation ) is more common today.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * brief * fleeting * momentary