Excerpt and Piece

Excerpt

Excerpt noun - A part taken from a longer work.

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Piece and excerpt are semantically related. in extract topic. In some cases you can use "Piece" instead a noun "Excerpt", when it comes to topics like citation.

Nearby Words: excerpted, excerpting, excerption

Piece

Piece noun - A broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete.

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Excerpt and piece are semantically related. You can use "Excerpt" instead a noun "Piece".

Nearby Words: pieced, piecework, piecing

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good	good excerpt	good piece
full	full excerpt	full piece
particular	particular excerpt	particular piece
brief	brief excerpt	brief piece
Other adjectives: short, original, small, actual, little, beautiful, instrumental.

Both words in one sentence

An excerpt from musician Steve Gray's 1984 piece "Great Ovation" plays over it (it has a trumpet theme with violins at the end).

Source: Walt Disney Home Video / Releases 1990 To 1999
An excerpt from musician Steve Gray's 1984 piece "Great Ovation" plays over it (it has a trumpet theme with violins at the end) .

Source: Walt Disney Home Video / Releases 1990 To 1999
The "excerpt" (which is actually the majority of the overall composition) that gained youtube fame is titled the former, with the overall piece titled the latter

Source: Flip-Flop of God

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Piece and Excerpt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/excerpt/piece

Excerpt & Piece. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/excerpt/piece>.

Piece or Excerpt. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/excerpt/piece.

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