Excerpt and Passage

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Excerpt

Excerpt noun - A part taken from a longer work.

Usage example: he'll read an excerpt from the novel at the book signing

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Passage is a synonym for excerpt in citation topic. In some cases you can use "Passage" instead a noun "Excerpt", when it comes to topics like subject, section, language, extract. popular alternative

Nearby Words: excerpted, excerpting, excerption

Passage

Passage noun - A part taken from a longer work.

Usage example: the news report quoted a passage from the novel

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Excerpt is a synonym for passage in extract topic. You can use "Excerpt" instead a noun "Passage", if it concerns topics such as subject, section, language, mention. popular alternative

Nearby Words: pass, passed, passing, passageway, passaged

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full	full excerpt	full passage
brief	brief excerpt	brief passage
short	short excerpt	short passage
original	original excerpt	original passage
Other adjectives: small, actual, vocal, little, lengthy, aforementioned, instrumental.

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The narrator compares both works under the light of the experiences of each author and, thus, an excerpt of Menard's gains an interpretation that is completely different from the interpretation of the exact same passage in Cervantes.

Source: Death of the Author

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