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What is the difference between cinema and drama?

cinema | drama |

As nouns the difference between cinema and drama

is that cinema is (countable) a film while drama is a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.

cinema

English

(wikipedia cinema)

Noun

  • (countable) A film.
  • (countable) A movie theatre, a movie house
  • (film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.
  • (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema . But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
  • (film, uncountable) The art of making films and movies.
  • Synonyms

    * film, movie (chiefly US) * movie theatre (rare), movie theater (chiefly US), movie house (chiefly US), pictures (regional, dated ) * seventh art (the art of making films and movies )

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    drama

    English

    (wikipedia drama)

    Noun

  • A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
  • Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
  • Theatrical plays in general
  • A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play
  • (slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * drama queen * dramatic * dramatical * dramatically * dramatics * dramatism * dramatist * dramatization * dramatize * melodrama

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