Summary vs. Synopsis

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;

Synopsisnoun

(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.

Synopsisnoun

(Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

Synopsisnoun

A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.

Synopsisnoun

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

Synopsisnoun

a brief summary or general survey of something

Synopsisnoun

an outline of the plot of a play, film, or book.