Summary vs. Paraphrase

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;

Paraphrasenoun

A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.

Paraphrasenoun

(Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.

Paraphraseverb

(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.

Paraphrasenoun

A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; - opposed to metaphrase.

Paraphraseverb

To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.

Paraphraseverb

To make a paraphrase.

Paraphrasenoun

rewording for the purpose of clarification

Paraphraseverb

express the same message in different words

Paraphraseverb

express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity

Paraphrasenoun

a rewording of something written or spoken

Paraphrase

A paraphrase is a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words. The term itself is derived via Latin paraphrasis from Greek παράφρασις 'additional manner of expression'.