Excerpt vs. Snippet
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Difference Between Excerpt and Snippet
Excerptnoun
A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
Snippetnoun
A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good.Excerptverb
(transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
Snippetnoun
(computing) A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.
Excerptnoun
a passage selected from a larger work;
he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writingsSnippetverb
To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page.ADVERTISEMENT
Excerptverb
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Snippetverb
To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.
Snippetnoun
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
