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01-12-2012, 09:57 AM
I'm with Nystul - I think they're pretty much synonyms, and you have to distinguish what they mean by context. In the movie biz, "synopses" tend to be spoiler free, but that's a convention of the art, not an implication of the word they use.

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Synopsis or summary? - by [wcip]Angel - 01-10-2012, 06:18 PM
RE: Synopsis or summary? - by Nystul - 01-12-2012, 09:39 AM
RE: Synopsis or summary? - by Jester - 01-12-2012, 09:57 AM
RE: Synopsis or summary? - by kandrathe - 01-13-2012, 03:48 PM
RE: Synopsis or summary? - by Rudra - 01-20-2012, 03:53 PM
RE: Synopsis or summary? - by kandrathe - 01-20-2012, 10:47 PM

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