Extract vs. Abstract

Extractnoun

Something that is extracted or drawn out.

Extractnoun

A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.

Extractnoun

A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue

Extractnoun

Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained

Extractnoun

A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).

Extractnoun

(obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.

Extractnoun

Ancestry; descent.

Extractnoun

A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

Extractverb

(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

Extractverb

(transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).

Extractverb

(transitive) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

Extractverb

(transitive) To select parts of a whole

Extractverb

To determine (a root of a number).

Extractverb

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.

Extractverb

To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.

Extractverb

To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

Extractnoun

That which is extracted or drawn out.

Extractnoun

A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

Extractnoun

A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

Extractnoun

A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; - distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.

Extractnoun

A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; - called also the extractive principle.

Extractnoun

Extraction; descent.

Extractnoun

A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.

Extractnoun

a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

Extractnoun

a passage selected from a larger work;

Extractverb

draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;

Extractverb

get despite difficulties or obstacles;

Extractverb

deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);

Extractverb

extract by the process of distillation;

Extractverb

separate (a metal) from an ore

Extractverb

obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action;

Extractverb

take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Extractverb

calculate the root of a number

Extractverb

remove or take out, especially by effort or force

Extractverb

obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method

Extractverb

obtain (something such as money or information) from someone unwilling to give it

Extractverb

select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction

Extractverb

derive (an idea) from a body of information

Extractverb

calculate (a root of a number)

Extractnoun

a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music

Extractnoun

a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form

Extract

An extract is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures, absolutes or in powder form.

Abstractnoun

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.

Abstractnoun

Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.

Abstractnoun

Concentrated essence of a product.

Abstractnoun

(medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.

Abstractnoun

An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.

Abstractnoun

The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.

Abstractnoun

(arts) An abstract work of art.

Abstractnoun

(real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.

Abstractadjective

(obsolete) Derived; extracted.

Abstractadjective

Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.

Abstractadjective

Expressing a property or attribute separately of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object.

Abstractadjective

Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general, as opposed to specific.

Abstractadjective

Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.

Abstractadjective

(archaic) Absent-minded.

Abstractadjective

(arts) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.

Abstractadjective

Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century.

Abstractadjective

(music) Absolute.

Abstractadjective

(dance) Lacking a story.

Abstractadjective

Insufficiently factual.

Abstractadjective

Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.

Abstractadjective

(grammar) As a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.

Abstractadjective

(computing) Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To separate; to disengage.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.

Abstractverb

To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.

Abstractverb

To extract by means of distillation.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.

Abstractverb

To withdraw oneself; to retire.

Abstractverb

(transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).

Abstractverb

To perform the process of abstraction.

Abstractverb

To create abstractions.

Abstractverb

To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".

Abstractadjective

Withdraw; separate.

Abstractadjective

Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.

Abstractadjective

Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; - opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word.

Abstractadjective

Abstracted; absent in mind.

Abstractverb

To withdraw; to separate; to take away.

Abstractverb

To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects.

Abstractverb

To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute.

Abstractverb

To epitomize; to abridge.

Abstractverb

To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.

Abstractverb

To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used.

Abstractverb

To perform the process of abstraction.

Abstractnoun

That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.

Abstractnoun

A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.

Abstractnoun

An abstract term.

Abstractnoun

A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.

Abstractnoun

a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance;

Abstractnoun

a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

Abstractverb

consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

Abstractverb

make off with belongings of others

Abstractverb

consider apart from a particular case or instance;

Abstractverb

give an abstract (of)

Abstractadjective

existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment;

Abstractadjective

not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature;

Abstractadjective

based on specialized theory;

Abstractadjective

dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention;