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Handbook vs Prospectus - What's the difference?

handbook | prospectus |

As nouns the difference between handbook and prospectus

is that handbook is a topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, disregarding the size of it while prospectus is a document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers, or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication, or a business and what it has to offer.

handbook

English

Noun

(wikipedia handbook) (en noun)
  • A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, disregarding the size of it.

    • Coordinate terms

    * manual

    prospectus

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers or a business and what it has to offer.
  • A document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write).
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