Excerpt and Section

Excerpt

Excerpt noun - A part taken from a longer work.

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

Nearby Words: excerpted, excerpting, excerption

Section

Section noun - An area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature.

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Synonyms for Section

Antonyms for Section

Excerpt and section are semantically related. You can use "Excerpt" instead a noun "Section".

Nearby Words: sectioned, sector, sect, sectioning, sectional

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good	good excerpt	good section
particular	particular excerpt	particular section
brief	brief excerpt	brief section
short	short excerpt	short section
Other adjectives: small, vocal, little, lengthy, instrumental.

Both words in one sentence

To elaborate, here's a spoileriffic excerpt from the Marvel Zombies Return section of Uatu's Wikipedia page:A version of Uatu witnesses the Zombie Spider-Man's arrival in his universe.

Source: Comic Book / Marvel Zombies
The fifth edition D&D Player's Handbook uses an excerpt from the novel in the section about how other races view humans.

Source: Literature / Starlight And Shadows
A high school Portuguese textbook featured a section on punctuation and an exercise featuring an excerpt of Saramago with the goal being to analyze its use.

Source: Wanton Cruelty to the Common Comma

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Section and Excerpt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/excerpt/section

Excerpt & Section. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/excerpt/section>.

Section or Excerpt. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/excerpt/section.

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