Synthesis vs Overview - What's the difference?
synthesis | overview |
The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
(chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
(logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
(philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
(military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation; (JP 1-02).
(rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.
* 1976 , Elizabeth A. Freidheim, Sociological Theory in Research Practice [http://books.google.com/books?id=mtHEnnMKh3gC], ISBN 0870730150, page 313:
As nouns the difference between synthesis and overview
is that synthesis is while overview is a brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.As a verb overview is
to engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.synthesis
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(wikipedia synthesis)Noun
(syntheses)Antonyms
* analysis * hypothesisExternal links
* * English nouns with irregular plurals ----overview
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Verb
(en verb)- Gouldner, on the other hand, overviewed all of sociology as it exists in the Western world today, using Talcott Parsons as a "representative" example of its dominant mode of thought.