What's the difference between excerpt and snippet?

Excerpt


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
  • (n.) An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Watch an excerpt from Netanyahu’s speech to Congress That address, which was prompted by an invitation from the then speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, was seen by many Democrats as breaking a longstanding tradition of bipartisan support for the US-Israeli relationship.
  • (2) Highlighting an excerpt of the interview, which Harri claimed was "implying the mayor is 'losing his touch' because he 'failed' to upstage the PM", he criticised the decision to allow Purnell to "pontificate without challenge, qualification or allowing us a right to reply" and described the author as someone who "knows no one in No 10".
  • (3) Known popularly as the “Google Tax”, the law requires services that post links and excerpts of news articles to pay a fee to the Association of Editors of Spanish Dailies.
  • (4) The Fox News anchor showed excerpts of clips that had been released by CBS earlier on Monday at his request and claimed they backed up his descriptions of the peril he faced when reporting from the country at the end of the Falklands war.
  • (5) In excerpts of these videos I am shown making a series of glib, thoughtless and sometimes downright insulting comments”, Gruber told the committee.
  • (6) Case excerpts are presented to illustrate typical forms of the subjective processing of migration and marginalization.
  • (7) Click here to listen While an excerpt from the single leaked last week, the full version is now available to those who have ordered the singer's documentary on DVD.
  • (8) Reuters gave him earphones so he could listen to excerpts during an interview at a Beijing hotel restaurant, to which he was followed.
  • (9) Nick Collison, Undercover Agent in "The Meaning of the Postseason" (An excerpt from "The Files of Nick Collison: Undercover Baller for the FBI" an upcoming True Crime book.)
  • (10) "Our economy will continue to grow solidly while making deep cuts in carbon pollution," Swan will say, according to excerpts of his speech obtained by Reuters .
  • (11) The Task Force report, which is excerpted in the following paper, established a tiered taxonomy of competencies; defined the three levels; and set forth program models for the two higher levels.
  • (12) An excerpt showing the steps needed to make a request for a medical transfer.
  • (13) ... Ronald and Nancy Reagan were defined by their love for each other.” Baker also read an excerpt from one letter Ronald wrote to Nancy that said: “I live in a permanent Christmas because God gave me you.” In a heartfelt eulogy, the Reagans’ daughter, Patti Davis, recalled her mother’s struggles after her father died.
  • (14) Presenting "these selective and out-of-context excerpts with the intent of creating both controversy and ridicule nevertheless resulted in people searching for and visiting Church of Scientology websites," she said.
  • (15) Appearing on Maddow’s show, Johnston said he did not know who sent him the excerpts from Trump’s 2005 return, which appeared in his mailbox.
  • (16) And here is an excerpt: Oscar Pistorius 's murder trial has resumed, with a neighbour and friend giving a heart-wrenching account of finding the "broken" athlete coming down the stairs, holding his dead girlfriend in his arms.
  • (17) Excerpt: “As in most wars, the first shots fired receive the loudest cheers.
  • (18) Excerpts On police uniforms "Having gone truncheons to tasers in a generation, I have to wonder what purpose the current police service has been built for ... we are mostly approachable and pleasant people, it's just that we dress like Imperial Stormtroopers.
  • (19) But the trouble is if you take that long a view, people don’t always know what you’re on about.” In earlier excerpts printed in the paper, Mayer paints a picture of Clarence House as a household torn apart by turf wars.
  • (20) She also tweeted an excerpt of a speech she gave in parliament last week.

Snippet


Definition:

  • (n.) A small part or piece.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The rest of the show finds Morpurgo – one of the stars of improv hit Austentatious – connecting these snippets to tell the tale of a female cop charged with solving the mystery of that blaze.
  • (2) There are complaints, too, from soldiers in the field that live information is not always transferred to them fast enough, but they, too, express gratitude for snippets passed on about potential Taliban attacks.
  • (3) Third of Saudi air raids on Yemen have hit civilian sites, data shows Read more The unease manifested itself early on in the campaign when calls were put into media organisations by British expatriates based in Saudi Arabia and members of the public in the UK who had picked up snippets from British service personnel in pubs, clubs or school playgrounds about the UK military working alongside the Saudi air force.
  • (4) Shortly afterwards journalists began being offered snippets designed to undermine Staines, including news of his drink-driving conviction.
  • (5) These snippets will be contested and pored over and parsed in the days to come.
  • (6) In addition to speaking on the phone call, the occupiers appeared to have a separate, closed line of communication to an FBI negotiator, and they frequently relayed snippets of their negotiations.
  • (7) Geithner has tantalizing snippets of self-awareness – “I must have sounded like a bank lobbyist when opposing financial reform ”.
  • (8) 12.49pm BST While we are waiting for the full text, here's some snippets to keep you warm: I both understand and share their frustration.
  • (9) In October a legal battle with German publishers prompted Google to remove news snippets taken from news sites from its search results.
  • (10) Murdoch's editors and executives have repeatedly criticised aggregators such Google News, claiming it is leeching off their content by displaying snippets of their work.
  • (11) The snippets of Jimmy Erskine’s reviews and letters in the novel are my own invention, but they are all inspired by Agate’s voice.
  • (12) It intersperses snippets of the film itself - which premieres on 15 March - with fascinating behind-the-scenes footage of how an animation of Sydney Opera House in flames was done by a team of 16 "boys in their bedrooms" , how the stories of the six main characters in the film were selected , how she persuaded Pete Postlethwaite to take up the role of narrator and how it was financed using a "crowd-funding" model .
  • (13) Originally Activision intended to dripfeed the news of its next blockbuster via snippets of information.
  • (14) You might hear little snippets of it, five seconds on the news.
  • (15) He was aiming high, to build his music around saccharine snippets dropped from Taylor Swift records , or the Bieber hooks that had remained unsung, and then filter it through echoing synthesizers and discombobulating rhythms.
  • (16) "People haven't been able to call in at the office with snippets for some time now," said Press.
  • (17) British ministers, with the backing of MI5 and MI6, have used US anger at snippets of CIA information being disclosed by UK courts as the reason for a change in the law.
  • (18) He said the organisation monitors Twitter feeds from Tripoli and other places for "snippets of information".
  • (19) The Magistrate's Blog Description: "Musings and Snippets from an English Magistrate.
  • (20) He also posted a picture of him and Young together, and a snippet of Young’s letter to him.