Thumbnail vs Abridged - What's the difference?
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The fingernail on the thumb.
A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).
(chiefly, computing) A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image.
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
(abridge)
Thumbnail is a related term of abridged.
As verbs the difference between thumbnail and abridged
is that thumbnail is to describe concisely while abridged is (abridge).As a noun thumbnail
is the fingernail on the thumb.As an adjective abridged is
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.thumbnail
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Noun
(en noun)See also
* (3): icon, thumbshotExternal links
*Maven's Word of the Day, December 11, 1997*
abridged
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.