What is the difference between cinema and drama?
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(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.
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, title= (film, uncountable) The art of making films and movies.
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.
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
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.}}