Abbreviated vs. Summary — What's the Difference?

To make shorter

A brief statement mentioning the main points of something

To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.

Prose that provides information in a condensed format, as by mentioning only the most significant details of a narrative

Shortened; made briefer.

Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise

Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.

Performed speedily and without ceremony

Scanty, as in clothing.

Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

Simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate

Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.

Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

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

(of clothing) very short;

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

Cut short in duration;

Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.

Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.

A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

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

Performed speedily and without formality;

Briefly giving the gist of something;