What is the difference between summary and synopsis?
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Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
(legal) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
(Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.
Synopsis is a synonym of summary.
As nouns the difference between summary and synopsis
is that summary is an abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material while synopsis is a brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.As an adjective summary
is concise, brief or presented in a condensed form.summary
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A summary review is in the appendix.
- They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
- Summary justice is bad justice.