Resume vs. Summary — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Resume and Summary
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Definitions
Resume
Begin again or continue after a pause or interruption
A day later normal service was resumed
The talks resumed in April
Summary
A brief statement mentioning the main points of something
A summary of our findings.
Resume
A summary
I gave him a quick résumé of events
Summary
Prose that provides information in a condensed format, as by mentioning only the most significant details of a narrative
The novelist did not like writing dialogue and preferred to write stories in summary.
Resume
Another term for curriculum vitae
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Summary
Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise
A summary review.
Resume
A brief account of one's professional or work experience and qualifications, often submitted with an employment application.
Summary
Performed speedily and without ceremony
Summary justice.
A summary rejection.
Resume
A summary
A résumé of the facts of the case.
Summary
Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
A summary review is in the appendix.
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Resume
To begin or take up again after interruption
Resumed our dinner.
Summary
Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
Resume
To assume, take, or occupy again
The dog resumed its post by the door.
Summary
(legal) Performed by skipping the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
Summary justice is bad justice.
Resume
To take on or take back again
Resumed my original name.
Summary
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
Make a summary of the events
Resume
To begin again or continue after interruption.
Summary
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.
Resume
To take back possession of (something).
Summary
Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
Resume
To summarise.
Summary
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
Resume
(transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.
Summary
A briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form;
He gave a summary of the conclusions
Resume
(intransitive) To start again after an interruption or pause.
Normal service has resumed.
Summary
Performed speedily and without formality;
A summary execution
Summary justice
Resume
A summary or synopsis.
Summary
Briefly giving the gist of something;
A short and compendious book
A compact style is brief and pithy
Succinct comparisons
A summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
Resume
A summary or account of education and employment experiences and qualifications; a curriculum vitae (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job).
Resume
A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.
The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book.
Resume
To take back.
The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave.
Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood.
Resume
To enter upon, or take up again.
Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled.
Resume
To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.
Resume
Short descriptive summary (of events)
Resume
A summary of your academic and work history
Resume
Take up or begin anew;
We resumed the negotiations
Resume
Return to a previous location or condition;
The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it
Resume
Assume anew;
Resume a title
Resume an office
Resume one's duties
Resume
Give a summary (of);
He summed up his results
I will now summarize
