Abridged vs. Condense — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Abridged and Condense
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Abridged
To reduce the length of (a written text); condense
The editor abridged the manuscript by cutting out two chapters.
Condense
To make more dense or compact
Gravity condensing matter into stars.
Abridged
To limit; curtail
An unconstitutional law that abridged the rights of citizens.
Condense
To concentrate (a substance), especially by removing water.
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.
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Condense
To make more concise; abridge or shorten
Condensed the list of guests.
Abridged
Simple past tense and past participle of abridge
Condense
To cause (a gas or vapor) to change to a liquid.
Abridged
Shortened by condensing or rewriting; - said of texts
Condense
To become more dense or compact.
Abridged
(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting;
An abridged version
Condense
To undergo condensation.
Condense
(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
Condense
To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
Condense
To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.
Condense
(archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
Condense
To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
In what shape they choose,Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
Condense
To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.
Condense
To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit.
Condense
To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
Condense
Condensed; compact; dense.
The huge condense bodies of planets.
Condense
Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops;
Water condenses
The acid distills at a specific temperature
Condense
Make more concise;
Condense the contents of a book into a summary
Condense
Remove water from;
Condense the milk
Condense
Cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid;
The cold air condensed the steam
Condense
Become more compact or concentrated;
Her feelings condensed
Condense
Develop due to condensation;
All our planets condensed out of the same material
Condense
Compress or concentrate;
Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
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