Differences among James Stewarts's *Calculus* and *Calculus: Concepts and Context*?

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Can anyone summarize the differences between James Stewart's Calculus and Calculus: Concepts and Context?

They appear nearly identical, though slightly arranged versions of exactly the same material, packaged differently (the former aimed down at the US-style high-school textbook market, and the latter aimed up a bit, perhaps at an older audience).

Note: I'm NOT asking for rants about the textbook business.

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According to the preface to Calculus: Concepts and Context (4e), Calculus provides "fuller coverage of traditional calculus topics"; while according to Calculus (6e), Calculus: Concepts and Context "emphasizes conceptual understandings" with coverage that is "not encyclopedic and the material on transcendental functions and on parametric equations is woven throughout the book".