Cliffhanger vs Blockbuster - What's the difference?
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(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
* 2007 , Hilary Hylton, "
(by extension) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
* 2008 , Timothy Garton Ash, "
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
A large firecracker type of fireworks; an .
An exceptional event.
As nouns the difference between cliffhanger and blockbuster
is that cliffhanger is (narratology) an ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense while blockbuster is blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales).cliffhanger
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Alternative forms
* cliff hanger, cliff-hangerNoun
(en noun)Filming Texas in a Good Light," Time , 2 Jul.:
- Back in the early 80s, the hit series Dallas kept the nation guessing with its season-ending cliffhanger "Who Shot J.R.?"
Russia has run rings round the west," Guardian (UK), 28 Feb. (retrieved 2 Feb. 2009):
- This presidential election is such a cliffhanger . Will it be the rising star Dmitry "Obamovich" Medvedev? Or the veteran Gennady "McCainovich" Zyuganov?
Derived terms
* cliffhangSee also
*("cliffhanger" on Wikipedia)blockbuster
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(en noun)Adjective
(-)- There was a blockbuster trade in baseball today.