Summary vs. Overview
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Difference Between Summary and Overview
Summaryadjective
Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
A summary review is in the appendix.Overviewnoun
A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.
Summaryadjective
Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.Overviewnoun
An inspection.
Summaryadjective
(legal) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
Summary justice is bad justice.Overviewverb
To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.
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Summarynoun
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
Overviewnoun
a general summary of a subject;
the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequencesSummarynoun
a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form;
he gave a summary of the conclusionsSummaryadjective
performed speedily and without formality;
a summary executionsummary justiceSummaryadjective
briefly giving the gist of something;
a short and compendious booka compact style is brief and pithysuccinct comparisonsa summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
