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Tome vs Compendium - What's the difference?

tome | compendium |

As a proper noun tome

is thomas (given name).

As a noun compendium is

a short, complete summary; an abstract.

tome

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One in a series of volumes.
  • A large or scholarly book.
  • The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.

    Anagrams

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    compendium

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A short, complete summary; an abstract.
  • A list or collection of various items.
  • * 2008 , Caroline Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess (page 157)
  • It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.
  • # (label) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
  • Derived terms

    * compendial