The difference between Excerpt and Snippet
When used as nouns, excerpt means a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media, whereas snippet means a small part of something, such as a song or fabric.
When used as verbs, excerpt means to select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work, whereas snippet means to produce a snippet (small part).
check bellow for the other definitions of Excerpt and Snippet
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Excerpt as a noun:
a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media
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Excerpt as a verb (transitive):
To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
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Snippet as a noun:
A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
Examples:
"From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good."
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Snippet as a noun (computing):
A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.
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Snippet as a verb (often, computing):
To produce a snippet (small part); to excerpt.
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Snippet as a verb:
To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.