The difference between Bottom line and Summary
When used as nouns, bottom line means the final balance, whereas summary means an abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
Summary is also adjective with the meaning: concise, brief or presented in a condensed form.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bottom line and Summary
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Bottom line as a noun (accounting):
The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
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Bottom line as a noun (idiomatic, uncountable):
The summary or result; the most important information
Examples:
"The bottom line is that there simply are not enough hours in the day to finish all there is to do."
"synonyms: upshot net-net"
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Summary as an adjective:
Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
Examples:
"A summary review is in the appendix."
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Summary as an adjective:
Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
Examples:
"They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people."
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Summary as an adjective (legal):
Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
Examples:
"Summary justice is bad justice."
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Summary as a noun:
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.