Abbreviated vs. Abridged — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Abbreviated and Abridged
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Abbreviated
To make shorter
Abbreviated the meeting to make time for your visit.
Abridged
To reduce the length of (a written text); condense
The editor abridged the manuscript by cutting out two chapters.
Abbreviated
To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.
Abridged
To limit; curtail
An unconstitutional law that abridged the rights of citizens.
Abbreviated
Shortened; made briefer.
The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.
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Abridged
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.
Abbreviated
Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
Abridged
Simple past tense and past participle of abridge
Abbreviated
Scanty, as in clothing.
Abridged
Shortened by condensing or rewriting; - said of texts
Abbreviated
Simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate
Abridged
(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting;
An abridged version
Abbreviated
Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
Abbreviated
(of clothing) very short;
An abbreviated swimsuit
A brief bikini
Abbreviated
Cut short in duration;
The abbreviated speech
A curtailed visit
Her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
An unsatisfactory truncated conversation
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