What's the difference between concise and precise?

Concise


Definition:

  • (a.) Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It allows for a clear and concise convenience of information about the disease processes, use of medications, and treatment options.
  • (2) Identification of attribute sets for the nature-of-injury (body region:detailed part:type of injury) and for the mode-of-injury (mechanism:agent:activity:intent:setting) allows the assembly of a clear, concise, easily usable, nad extensible format for representing the appropriate level of detail for nomenclature or classification.
  • (3) Fillings were made of Concise composite resin, without applying an intermediary resin (1), after applying the resin layer (2), after diluting the mix with one (3) or two (4) drops of catalyst resin but without an intermediary resin, and after diluting the mix and applying the resin layer (5).
  • (4) The authors present the modern concepts about the etiology, pathogenesis clinical, X-ray and laboratory characteristics of Löfgren's syndrome in a concise form and then--their own observation on that clinical X-ray variant of sarcoidosis.
  • (5) Many descriptors might be used to describe the relationships between apparent heterogeneity and the size of the observed spatial elements, but we have found that fractal relationships provide concise and precise descriptions of many types of data over large ranges of element sizes.
  • (6) Take as brief, concise, and accurate a history as possible.
  • (7) This review will give a concise description of their biochemical nature, their isolation from macrophages and their angiogenic activity.
  • (8) This article gives a concise guide to the insertion of pulmonary arterial flotation catheters with the emphasis on points of safety that should minimize the risk to the patient.
  • (9) Scotchbond was used as the bonding agent in half of the prepared cavities' dentin and enamel; the control group (B) used Concise bonding agent in the enamel only.
  • (10) Pore flow models are classified and concisely reviewed, and it is shown that despite their apparent differences, they are equivalent.
  • (11) As these are now being finalized and not yet approved for release, INR can only highlight the contents of this concise, authoritative document, which should become an indispensable handbook on AIDS for nurses and other health personnel when available.
  • (12) To the practicing radiologist, it may offer a concise review of the subject and facilitate upgrading operative cholangiography in his hospital.
  • (13) Certain elements are of prime importance in the success of the development of such a service: (1) organization--concise knowledge of objectives, cost, and benefits, with emphasis on employee satisfaction; (2) staff--selection of interested, imaginative medical personnel and use of expanded role nurses as full-time health providers requiring a minimum of direct medical supervision; (3) collaboration--participation by both medical and nursing professions, educators as well as clinicians, in the formulation and direction of the service.
  • (14) Fotofil had lower values of modulus of elasticity, water sorption, and linear coefficient of thermal expansion than Concise.
  • (15) The description of psychophysical data in this concise quantifiable manner may offer better insight into physiological processes contributing to the appreciation of effort.
  • (16) Concise and quick delineation of cystic from solid masses is necessary.
  • (17) The result is a coherent, concise, accurate and rich explanation of Heart Failure Programs' diagnostic hypotheses.
  • (18) Because we are actively working with government, at our cost, to make sure that the legislative footprint we are working with is as clear and concise as it can possibly be."
  • (19) One such benefit is the ability to request and receive rapidly, a concise, yet complete legal summary of a patient's hospital course.
  • (20) But the frailty of a three-minute song – the concise honesty of that expression – amazes me and turns me into a bucket of jealousy.

Precise


Definition:

  • (a.) Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.
  • (a.) Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
  • (2) They more precisely delineate the hazard identification process and the factors important in supporting risk decisions for developmental toxicants than does any other document.
  • (3) The determination of basic levels of TSH is more sensitive and more precise.
  • (4) The greatest advantages of spinal QCT for noninvasive bone mineral measurement lie in the high precision of the technique, the high sensitivity of the vertebral trabecular measurement site, and the potential for widespread application.
  • (5) It now seems clear that greater precision can be achieved through modification of the original technique.
  • (6) Validation studies, to show that the method is precise, accurate and rectilinear, have been carried out on four linctus formulations and two pastille formulations.
  • (7) Precise excision of the masses was thus accomplished and functional and aesthetic reconstruction aided by the conservation of normal anatomical structures.
  • (8) Compared to the SRK II-equation the results of the new programme are much more precise.
  • (9) However, while the precise nature of the city’s dietary problems is hard to pin down, the picture regarding physical activity is much clearer.
  • (10) Labelling of the albumin with 99mTc ensured an accuracy of measurements only limited by the precision of the weighing.
  • (11) This noninvasive but precise imaging modality demonstrates the potential value of using MRI to evaluate the diameter of small vessels, including the postoperative monitoring of arterial bypass graft patency in peripheral regions.
  • (12) These results strongly suggest that urinary GAGs determination is a precise method for ovulation detection.
  • (13) While the precise function of the MIRP is not known, the availability of this protein in pure and biologically relevant quantities will allow further studies to elucidate its pathobiologic function.
  • (14) This procedure yields excellent precision and accuracy, as demonstrated by the analysis of a known amino acid mixture and of neonatal plasma.
  • (15) This gene was previously shown to have a DNase I- and S1-sensitive site for which the boundaries varied with the cell cycle, and we have now precisely mapped these modifications.
  • (16) The Radio-PAGE and immunoblot typing methods both gave precise identification of Helicobacter pylori strains, but Radio-PAGE was found to give higher resolution and represents a standardised universally applicable fingerprinting method for Helicobacter pylori.
  • (17) Strict precautions are necessary to prevent the catastrophic events resulting from inadvertent gentamicin injection; such precautions should include precise labeling of all injectable solutions on the surgical field, waiting to draw up injectable antibiotics until the time they are needed, and drawing up injectable antibiotics under direct physician observation.
  • (18) The great clinical value of the procedure is shown by the following findings:X-ray-negative lesions--including 2 cases of carcinoma--were found in 35 percent of the cases, radiologically demonstrated lesions could be defined more precisely in 18 percent, and the presence of colonic lesions could be ruled out in 11 percent in spite of equivocal X-ray findings.
  • (19) The precision of measurement using the cancellation technique was found to be high.
  • (20) The precision obtained with the different methods is similar.