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Diagnostic vs Overview - What's the difference?

diagnostic | overview |

As nouns the difference between diagnostic and overview

is that diagnostic is a technique etc. used in medical diagnosis while overview is a brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.

As an adjective diagnostic

is of, or relating to diagnosis.

As a verb overview is

to engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.

diagnostic

English

Alternative forms

* diagnostick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, or relating to diagnosis
  • characteristic of a particular disease

    • Hyponyms

    * pathognomonic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a technique etc. used in medical diagnosis
  • (computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem

    • See also

    * diagnostics

    overview

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia overview) (en noun)
  • A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.
  • * 1976 , Elizabeth A. Freidheim, Sociological Theory in Research Practice [http://books.google.com/books?id=mtHEnnMKh3gC], ISBN 0870730150, page 313:
    • Gouldner, on the other hand, overviewed all of sociology as it exists in the Western world today, using Talcott Parsons as a "representative" example of its dominant mode of thought.