Summary and Sum

Summary

Summary noun - A short statement of the main points.
Usage example: many book reports choose to begin with a summary of the book

Sum and summary are semantically related in words topic. In some cases you can use "Sum" instead a noun "Summary".

Sum

Sum noun - A short statement of the main points.
Usage example: the district attorney delivered a sum of the evidence against the accused that was simply staggering

Summary and sum are semantically related in total topic. Sometimes you can use "Summary" instead a noun "Sum", if it concerns topics such as words.

How words are described

good good summary good sum
complete complete summary complete sum
original original summary original sum
small small summary small sum
Other adjectives: entire, real, great, decent, possible.
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