Synopsis vs Thesis - What's the difference?
synopsis | thesis |
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.
A statement supported by arguments.
A written essay, especially one submitted for a university degree.
* Goldsmith
(logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
(music) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; the opposite of arsis.
(poetry) The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
(poetry) The part of the metrical foot upon which such a depression falls.
As nouns the difference between synopsis and thesis
is that 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 while thesis is a statement supported by arguments.synopsis
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(wikipedia synopsis)Noun
(synopses)Synonyms
* (brief summary): abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summarySee also
* bird's-eye viewExternal links
* * English nouns with irregular plurals ----thesis
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Noun
(theses)- I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepare them.