different between thumbnail vs summary

English

Etymology

From thumb +? nail. The phrase thumbnail sketch was first attested 1852. Verb sense attested 1930s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m.ne?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Noun

thumbnail (plural thumbnails)

1. The fingernail on the thumb.
2. A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).
3. (chiefly computing) A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image.

Usage notes

• (computing): Unlike an icon, which is generally a representative symbol, a thumbnail is a smaller identical copy of the original larger image.

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (samuneiru), ????? (samun?ru)
• ? Portuguese: thumbnail

Translations

See also

• (computing): icon, thumbshot

Verb

thumbnail (third-person singular simple present thumbnails, present participle thumbnailing, simple past and past participle thumbnailed)

1. (transitive) To describe concisely.
2. (transitive, computing) To create a smaller representation of (a larger image).

Derived terms

• thumbnailer

Translations

Further reading

• Maven's Word of the Day, December 11, 1997
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “thumb”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English thumbnail.

Noun

thumbnail m (plural thumbnails)

1. (computing) thumbnail (a miniature preview of a larger image)

   Synonym: miniatura

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin summ?rius, from Latin summa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m??i/
• Homophone: summery

Adjective

summary (comparative more summary, superlative most summary)

1. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

   A summary review is in the appendix.

2. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.

   They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.

3. (law) Performed by skipping the procedures of a standard and fair trial.

   Summary justice is bad justice.

Derived terms

• summarily

Translations

Noun

summary (plural summaries)

1. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

Synonyms

• upshot, bottom line, short form (slang)
• Thesaurus:summary

Derived terms

Translations