Summary vs. Brief

Summaryadjective

Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

Summaryadjective

Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.

Summaryadjective

(legal) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.

Summarynoun

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

Summaryadjective

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.

Summaryadjective

Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.

Summarynoun

A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

Summarynoun

a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form;

Summaryadjective

performed speedily and without formality;

Summaryadjective

briefly giving the gist of something;

Briefadjective

Of short duration; happening quickly.

Briefadjective

Concise; taking few words.

Briefadjective

Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.

Briefadjective

(obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.

Briefnoun

(legal) A writ summoning one to answer to any action.

Briefnoun

(legal) An answer to any action.

Briefnoun

(legal) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.

Briefnoun

A position of interest or advocacy.

Briefnoun

(legal) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.

Briefnoun

(English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case.

Briefnoun

A short news story or report.

Briefnoun

undershorts briefs.

Briefnoun

(obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.

Briefnoun

A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.

Briefnoun

(slang) A ticket of any type.

Briefverb

(transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.

Briefverb

To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

Briefadverb

Briefly.

Briefadverb

Soon; quickly.

Briefadjective

Short in duration.

Briefadjective

Concise; terse; succinct.

Briefadjective

Rife; common; prevalent.

Briefadverb

Briefly.

Briefadverb

Soon; quickly.

Briefnoun

A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.

Briefnoun

An epitome.

Briefnoun

An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.

Briefnoun

A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.

Briefnoun

A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.

Briefnoun

A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.

Briefnoun

a type of men's underpants without legs, fitting tightly and held by an elastic waistband; also called Jockey shorts.

Briefverb

To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.

Briefnoun

a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

Briefnoun

a condensed written summary or abstract

Briefverb

give essential information to someone;

Briefadjective

of short duration or distance;

Briefadjective

concise and succinct;

Briefadjective

(of clothing) very short;