Summary vs. Reflection

Summary vs. Reflection — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Summary and Reflection

Summaryadjective

Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

A summary review is in the appendix.

Reflectionnoun

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

Summaryadjective

Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.

They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.

Reflectionnoun

The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).

Summaryadjective

(legal) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.

Summary justice is bad justice.

Reflectionnoun

Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror.
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Summarynoun

An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

Reflectionnoun

Careful thought or consideration.

After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition.

Summarynoun

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

he gave a summary of the conclusions

Reflectionnoun

An implied criticism.

It is a reflection on his character that he never came back to see them.

Summaryadjective

performed speedily and without formality;

a summary executionsummary justice

Reflectionnoun

(computing) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.

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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

Reflectionnoun

(anatomy) The folding of a part; a fold.

Reflectionnoun

a calm lengthy intent consideration

Reflectionnoun

the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface

Reflectionnoun

expression without words;

tears are an expression of griefthe pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition

Reflectionnoun

the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material);

he studied his reflection in the mirror

Reflectionnoun

a likeness in which left and right are reversed

Reflectionnoun

(mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed

Reflectionnoun

a remark expressing careful consideration

Reflectionnoun

the ability to reflect beams or rays