Difference between Succinct and Summary

What is the difference between Succinct and Summary?

Succinct as an adjective is briefly giving the gist of something while Summary as an adjective is concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

Succinct

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Briefly giving the gist of something brief and to the point; having characteristics of both brevity and clarity. compressed into a tiny area. wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.

Summary

Part of speech: noun

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

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: concise, brief or presented in a condensed formPerformed speedily and without formal ceremony.

Example sentence: I am unable to think of any critical, complex human activity that could be safely reduced to a simple summary equation.

We hope you now know whether to use Succinct or Summary in your sentence.

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