Differences of long report, term paper and article
Long Report/thesis Term paper Article
Long report are not only limited to academic It is research paper written by students at the Articles are basically written by professionals
work but officials may also conduct research end of their semester having large part in the to propagate any news.
and thesis is written by a student for university grades. It is also considered as an assignment.
degree.
The topics are not fixed it depends, long report It is generally written on an event, concept, It is basically written on current news, for a
also contains legal survey, and a lot more some arguments etc. person or an event.
research than the other two.
It is mostly conducted on professional It may also be conducted on smaller level such, Articles are mostly conducted by news casters,
qualification to support the researcher’s skill as in high school or in colleges. or publication, it may be assigned or solicited
and methods. means voluntarily done by a person.
It discusses multiple issues at a same time as it Term paper is based on mostly the topics An article may discuss only one
needs lots of research. assigned by supervisors/teachers to a event/person/issue at a time.
particular student.
It is academic research as well as official It is purely academic research. Articles are mostly written by professionals
research which has legal surveys etc. about an event person or an issue.
Differences among Synopsis, abstract and executive summary:
Synopsis Abstract Executive Summary
Synopsis is the preplan of the research Abstract is the brief summary of the Executive summary is the concise version of
report. research. the report.
It is written before conducting the research It is written when our research is complete Executive summary is also written at the end
as it is map of the report. and at the end we summarize report. which includes all the main things of the
report.
It is long and contains 3 chapters of Abstract of the report is not lengthy and Executive summary is written in paragraphs
introduction, literature review and research based on 200-300 words only. and 1-2 page.
methodology respectively.
Synopsis is comprehensive as compared to Abstract is shorter than both synopsis and Executive summary is shorter than synopsis
abstract and executive summary. executive summary. but longer than abstract.
Synopsis is the necessary to submit before It is not written before the report at Executive summary is written when our
the report. the end we write abstract. report is complete and cannot be written
before the report.
