The Summative Finale

Abstract What makes a summative finale different from a relaxant one? Is the difference one of kind or only of degree? If the latter were the case, one would expect a relaxant finale to turn into a summative one if it received an increment of length or weight, or if its cumulative and regressive character became more pronounced. The choice between the descriptions, relaxant, and, summative, would then give up all claim to have a technical foundation and would instead resemble that between, small, and, large,.