Summary vs. Overview

Summary vs. Overview — Is There a Difference?
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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 consequences

Summarynoun

a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form;

he gave a summary of the conclusions

Summaryadjective

performed speedily and without formality;

a summary executionsummary justice

Summaryadjective

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