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Abstract vs. Introduction

The main difference between Abstract and Introduction is that the Abstract gives an overall summary of the whole text, whereas the Introduction mainly introduces what the text is about.

Key Differences

Abstract gives an overall summary of the whole text; conversely, the introduction mainly introduces what the text is about.
An abstract has the format following background, objective, methods, and result; on the converse, the key points in an introduction are the beginning, tone/tense, content, and length.
The purpose of the abstracts is to prepare the readers for further reading, whereas the purpose of the introduction is to develop an interest in the reader reading that specific paper or document.
An abstract summarizes the whole text, and on the other hand, an introduction introduces what the text is about.
The abstract is always placed at the beginning of a scholarly article contrarily introductions are found at the beginning of any fiction or non-fiction is written work.
We find the abstracts mainly in different research papers, thesis, dissertations, and the like on the flip side introduction can be found in a wide variety of texts.
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Mar 21, 2020
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The content of an abstract is composed of results, conclusions, and recommendations; on the contrary, the content of an introduction is deprived of results, conclusions, and recommendations.
Aimie Carlson
Mar 21, 2020
The abstract is gives an eighty percent idea of the article. It can stand alone as a separate entity, while the introduction alone rarely makes sense, so it does not stand separate without the main text.

Comparison Chart

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The beginning of any research paper or document giving a summary of the whole
The first paragraph or opening of any paper giving the gist of the paper

Purpose

It summarizes the whole text
It introduces the text

Placement

At the beginning of a scholarly article
At the beginning of any fiction or non-fiction is written work

Lengthy

Less
More
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Content

Results, conclusions, and recommendations
Does not contain results, conclusions, and recommendation
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Mar 21, 2020

Found In

Research papers, thesis, dissertations
In a wide variety of texts

Separate Document

It stands alone as a separate document
It cannot stand alone as a separate document
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Mar 21, 2020

Abstract and Introduction Definitions

Abstract

Considered apart from concrete existence
An abstract concept.

Introduction

The act or process of introducing or the state of being introduced.

Abstract

Not applied or practical; theoretical.
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Introduction

A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.

Abstract

Difficult to understand; abstruse
Abstract philosophical problems.

Introduction

Something recently introduced; an innovation
"He loathed a fork.
It is a modern introduction which has still scarcely reached common people" (D.H. Lawrence).

Abstract

Denoting something that is immaterial, conceptual, or nonspecific, as an idea or quality
Abstract words like truth and justice.

Introduction

A preface, as to a book.

Abstract

Impersonal, as in attitude or views.

Introduction

(Music) A short preliminary passage in a larger movement or work.

Abstract

Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation
Abstract painting and sculpture.

Introduction

A basic introductory text or course of study.

Abstract

A statement summarizing the important points of a text.

Introduction

The act or process of introducing.
The introduction of a new product into the market

Abstract

Something abstract.

Introduction

A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
David was feeling groggy at his introduction to Sophie, and didn't remember her name.

Abstract

An abstract of title.

Introduction

An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
This book features a preface by a well-known botanist, and an introduction by the author's mentor at university.

Abstract

To take away; remove
Abstract the most important data from a set of records.

Introduction

A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.

Abstract

To remove without permission; steal
A painting that was abstracted from the museum.

Introduction

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

Abstract

To consider (an idea, for example) as separate from particular examples or objects
Abstract a principle of arrangement from a series of items.

Introduction

The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.

Abstract

(ăbstrăkt′) To write a summary of; summarize
Abstract a long article in a paragraph.

Introduction

That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.

Abstract

To create artistic abstractions of (something else, such as a concrete object or another style)
"The Bauhaus Functionalists were ... busy unornamenting and abstracting modern architecture, painting and design" (John Barth).

Introduction

A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

Abstract

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.

Introduction

The first section of a communication

Abstract

Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.

Introduction

The act of beginning something new;
They looked forward to the debut of their new product line

Abstract

Concentrated essence of a product.

Introduction

Formally making a person known to another or to the public

Abstract

(medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.

Introduction

A basic or elementary instructional text

Abstract

An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.

Introduction

A new proposal;
They resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives

Abstract

The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.

Introduction

The act of putting one thing into another

Abstract

(arts) An abstract work of art.

Introduction

The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
She looked forward to her initiation as an adult
The foundation of a new scientific society
He regards the fork as a modern introduction

Abstract

(real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.

Abstract

(obsolete) Derived; extracted.

Abstract

Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.

Abstract

Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
Her new film is an abstract piece, combining elements of magic realism, flashbacks, and animation but with very little in terms of plot construction.

Abstract

Insufficiently factual.

Abstract

Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.

Abstract

(grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.

Abstract

Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
The politician gave a somewhat abstract answer when asked about their plans to cut spending.

Abstract

Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.

Abstract

Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.

Abstract

(archaic) Absent-minded.

Abstract

(arts) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.

Abstract

Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century.

Abstract

(music) Absolute.

Abstract

(dance) Lacking a story.

Abstract

Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.

Abstract

(transitive) To separate; to disengage.

Abstract

(transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.

Abstract

To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.

Abstract

(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.

Abstract

To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.

Abstract

To extract by means of distillation.

Abstract

(transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.

Abstract

To withdraw oneself; to retire.

Abstract

(transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
He was wholly abstracted by other objects.

Abstract

To perform the process of abstraction.

Abstract

To create abstractions.

Abstract

To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
He abstracted out the square root function.

Abstract

Withdraw; separate.
The more abstract . . . we are from the body.

Abstract

Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.

Abstract

Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; - opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word.
A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the names of attributes.

Abstract

Abstracted; absent in mind.

Abstract

To withdraw; to separate; to take away.
He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices.

Abstract

To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects.
The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.

Abstract

To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute.

Abstract

To epitomize; to abridge.

Abstract

To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.
Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness.

Abstract

To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used.

Abstract

To perform the process of abstraction.
I own myself able to abstract in one sense.

Abstract

That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.
An abstract of every treatise he had read.
Man, the abstractOf all perfection, which the workmanshipOf Heaven hath modeled.

Abstract

A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.

Abstract

An abstract term.
The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety."

Abstract

A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.

Abstract

A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance;
He loved her only in the abstract--not in person

Abstract

A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

Abstract

Consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

Abstract

Make off with belongings of others

Abstract

Consider apart from a particular case or instance;
Let's abstract away from this particular example

Abstract

Give an abstract (of)

Abstract

Existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment;
Abstract words like `truth' and `justice'

Abstract

Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature;
A large abstract painting

Abstract

Based on specialized theory;
A theoretical analysis

Abstract

Dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention;
Abstract reasoning
Abstract science

Abstract vs. Introduction

An abstract is the beginning of any research paper or document, giving a summary of the whole. The introduction is the first paragraph or opening of any paper, giving the gist of the paper. The purpose of the abstracts is to prepare the readers for further reading. The purpose of the introduction is to develop an interest in the reader reading that specific paper or document. We find the abstracts mainly in different research papers, thesis, dissertations, and the like. The introduction can find in a wide variety of texts.

The placement of an abstract is at the beginning of a scholarly article. Introductions found at the beginning of any written work. The abstract gives an overall summary of the whole text. The introduction mainly introduces what the text is about. The content of an abstract is composed of results, conclusions, and recommendations. The content of an introduction is deprived of results, conclusions, and recommendations.

An abstract is gives an eighty percent idea of the article. It can stand alone as a separate document itself. The introduction alone rarely makes sense, so it does not stand separate without the main text. An abstract has the format following background, objective, methods, and results. Beginning: The key points in an introduction are the beginning, tone/tense, content, and length.

What is Abstract?

An abstract is similar to a summary, but the difference is that an abstract is more concise and direct than a summary. The abstract is a significant part of the articles. Many websites that require monetary payment for access to the article give free access to the abstract of those articles. So the reviewers read the abstract to decide if they should pay for this specific article or not. The conventional length of an abstract is approximately 200–250 words.

A structured abstract gives the overall information very quickly. Its information divided into specific sections. The disorganized abstract usually found in areas that do not relate to the science group or category. An unstructured abstract does not tend to distinct parts or sections. The details, e.g., methods and measurements, are not put in the abstract. If you want to get the idea of a paper, reading its abstract is sufficient, and reading the whole paper is not necessary. It is beneficial to implement for those explorers who are doing so many papers and researches from their research field. Hence an abstract saves time of the reader by giving a glance at what the article is about.

Abstracts are classified into two types descriptive abstracts and informative abstracts. Descriptive abstracts also named as limited abstracts. It is only describing the content of the abstract. Informative abstracts is consisting of the following: purpose, method, scope, results, conclusions, recommendations.

Structured Abstract Format

  • Background
  • Objective
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions

What is the Introduction?

The introduction is the first heading of any piece of writing. It intends the reader to read further. The articles of newspaper and magazine articles also start with an introduction. The purpose of it is to draw the reader’s interest in the article. An introduction is containing the information regarding the background of the article, an outline of the key issues, thesis statement, aims, etc. Introductions can find in various genres, with a slight variation with either category.

The introduction of a novel is more creative than an academic paper. Non-fiction and fiction books have introductions. An introduction explains what is going to be in the main part. An introduction answers several critical questions. The introduction moves from the general to the specific briefly describing the relevant researches. It provides citations along with explaining the importance of the problem and the research. The audience of the introduction is wide professional, not just specialists.

Key points in the Introduction

  • Beginning: (Explaining the importance of the study)
  • Tone/Tense: (Formal and impersonal, use of present tense)
  • Content: (Brief explanation of text)
  • Length: (Almost four paragraphs)

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