Climactic vs Melodramatic - What's the difference?
climactic | melodramatic | Related terms |
Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension.
* The race ended in a climactic , neck-and-neck scramble for the finish line.
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
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As adjectives the difference between climactic and melodramatic
is that climactic is of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension while melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.climactic
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(en adjective)Usage notes
Do not confuse with climatic, which relates to climate.melodramatic
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(en adjective)- She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself.
