Synopsis vs. Description

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Difference Between Synopsis and Description

Synopsisnoun

(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.

Descriptionnoun

A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

Synopsisnoun

(Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

Descriptionnoun

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

Synopsisnoun

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

Descriptionnoun

A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.

The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
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Descriptionnoun

(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.

The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.

Descriptionnoun

a statement that represents something in words

Descriptionnoun

the act of describing something

Descriptionnoun

sort or variety;

every description of book was there