Excerpt and Portion

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Excerpt

Excerpt noun - A part taken from a longer work.

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Portion is a synonym for excerpt in extract topic. In some cases you can use "Portion" instead a noun "Excerpt", when it comes to topics like selection, citation.

Nearby Words: excerpted, excerpting, excerption

Portion

Portion noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.

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Excerpt is a synonym for portion in share topic. You can use "Excerpt" instead a noun "Portion", if it concerns topics such as selection.

Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless

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good	good excerpt	good portion
particular	particular excerpt	particular portion
brief	brief excerpt	brief portion
short	short excerpt	short portion
Other adjectives: small, actual, vocal, hefty, instrumental.

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A common variation on this is to imply that the tiny portion that the player gets to read is merely an excerpt, or a summary of everything relevant you managed to glean from it.

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