Summary vs Trimming - What's the difference?
summary | trimming |
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.
The act of someone who trims.
Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
:He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.
An accompaniment to a meal.
:Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
(colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastisting.
:I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.
As nouns the difference between summary and trimming
is that summary is an abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material while trimming is the act of someone who trims.As an adjective summary
is concise, brief or presented in a condensed form.As a verb trimming is
.summary
English
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.
Noun
(wikipedia summary) (summaries)Synonyms
* upshot, bottom line, short form (slang)Derived terms
* executive summary * management summarytrimming
English
Noun
(en noun)- I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
- to give a boy a trimming