What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Cabaret vs Vaudeville - What's the difference?

cabaret | vaudeville |

As nouns the difference between cabaret and vaudeville

is that cabaret is live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub while vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.

cabaret

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub.
  • The nightclub or restaurant where such entertainment is held.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    vaudeville

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia vaudeville)
  • (historical, uncountable) A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
  • (historical, countable) An entertainment in this style.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 28, author=Ben Brantley, title=Ta-ta! Give ’Em the Old Existential Soft-Shoe, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=“Me, Myself and I,” directed by Emily Mann and engagingly acted by a cast that includes the invaluable Albee veteran Brian Murray, is in the tradition of Mr. Albee’s mid- and late-career works like “The Marriage Play” and “The Play About the Baby”: fragmented philosophical vaudevilles that turn the most fundamental questions of identity into verbal soft-shoes. }}

    Synonyms

    * music hall (British)

    Derived terms

    * vaudevillian (noun)