Summary vs. Introduction — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Summary and Introduction
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Summary
A brief statement mentioning the main points of something
A summary of our findings.
Introduction
The action of introducing something
The introduction of muskrats into central Europe
Issues arising from the introduction of new technology
Summary
Prose that provides information in a condensed format, as by mentioning only the most significant details of a narrative
The novelist did not like writing dialogue and preferred to write stories in summary.
Introduction
A formal presentation of one person to another, in which each is told the other's name
He returned to his desk, leaving Michael to make the introductions
A letter of introduction
Summary
Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise
A summary review.
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Introduction
A thing preliminary to something else, especially an explanatory section at the beginning of a book, report, or speech
Your talk will need an introduction which states clearly what you are talking about and why
Summary
Performed speedily and without ceremony
Summary justice.
A summary rejection.
Introduction
The act or process of introducing or the state of being introduced.
Summary
Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
A summary review is in the appendix.
Introduction
A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
Summary
Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
Introduction
Something recently introduced; an innovation
"He loathed a fork.
It is a modern introduction which has still scarcely reached common people" (D.H. Lawrence).
Summary
(legal) Performed by skipping the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
Summary justice is bad justice.
Introduction
A preface, as to a book.
Summary
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
Make a summary of the events
Introduction
(Music) A short preliminary passage in a larger movement or work.
Summary
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.
Introduction
A basic introductory text or course of study.
Summary
Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
Introduction
The act or process of introducing.
The introduction of a new product into the market
Summary
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
Introduction
A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
David was feeling groggy at his introduction to Sophie, and didn't remember her name.
Summary
A briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form;
He gave a summary of the conclusions
Introduction
An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
This book features a preface by a well-known botanist, and an introduction by the author's mentor at university.
Summary
Performed speedily and without formality;
A summary execution
Summary justice
Introduction
A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.
Summary
Briefly giving the gist of something;
A short and compendious book
A compact style is brief and pithy
Succinct comparisons
A summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
Introduction
The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.
Introduction
The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.
Introduction
That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.
Introduction
A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.
Introduction
The first section of a communication
Introduction
The act of beginning something new;
They looked forward to the debut of their new product line
Introduction
Formally making a person known to another or to the public
Introduction
A basic or elementary instructional text
Introduction
A new proposal;
They resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives
Introduction
The act of putting one thing into another
Introduction
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
She looked forward to her initiation as an adult
The foundation of a new scientific society
He regards the fork as a modern introduction
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