Outline vs. Synopsis — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Outline and Synopsis
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Definitions
Outline➦
A line indicating the outer contours or boundaries of an object or figure
Could see the outlines of an animal in the dark.
Synopsis➦
A brief summary or general survey of something
A synopsis of the insurance cover provided is set out below
Outline➦
A style of drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
Synopsis➦
A brief outline or general view, as of a subject or written work; an abstract or a summary.
Outline➦
A sketch done in this style.
Synopsis➦
(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.
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Outline➦
A summary of a text or subject, usually presented in headings and subheadings.
Synopsis➦
A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
Outline➦
A preliminary draft or plan, as of a project or proposal.
Synopsis➦
(Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.
Outline➦
To draw or trace an outline of.
Synopsis➦
A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle.
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Outline➦
To display or accentuate the outline of
His face was outlined on the lampshade.
Synopsis➦
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
Outline➦
To give the main features or various aspects of; summarize
Outlined the major provisions of the tax bill.
Outline➦
A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
Outline➦
The outer shape of an object or figure.
Outline➦
A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
Outline➦
A general description of some subject.
Outline➦
A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
Outline➦
A preliminary plan for a project.
The outline of a speech
Outline➦
(film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
Outline➦
(fishing) A setline or trotline.
Outline➦
(transitive) To draw an outline of.
Outline➦
(transitive) To summarize.
Wikipedia items featuring books usually outline them after giving their background.
Outline➦
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Outline➦
The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
Painters, by their outlines, colors, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
Outline➦
Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, discourse, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.
But that larger grief . . .Is given in outline and no more.
Outline➦
To draw the outline of.
Outline➦
Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; to create a general framework of (a plan, system, discourse, course of thought), for which the details need to be added; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
Outline➦
The line that appears to bound an object
Outline➦
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
Outline➦
A schematic or preliminary plan
Outline➦
Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of;
Sketch the outline of the book
Outline his ideas
Outline➦
Draw up an outline or sketch for something;
Draft a speech
Outline➦
Trace the shape of
