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Overview vs Evaluation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between overview and evaluation

is that overview is a brief summary, as of a book or a presentation while evaluation is assessment.

As a verb overview

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

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.

    evaluation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia evaluation) (en noun)
  • An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
  • (mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
  • (computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.

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    See also

    * evaluate * revaluation * valuation