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Comedy vs Sitcom - What's the difference?

comedy | sitcom | Derived terms |

Sitcom is a derived term of comedy.



As nouns the difference between comedy and sitcom

is that comedy is archaic Greece. a choric song of celebration or revel while sitcom is a situation comedy: an episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation.

comedy

English

Alternative forms

* comedie * (archaic) * (archaic)

Noun

  • archaic Greece. a choric song of celebration or revel
  • ancient Greece. a light, amusing play with a happy ending
  • medieval Europe.'' a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., ''The Divine Comedy )
  • (drama) A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
  • (drama) The genre of such works
  • entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
    • Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
  • the art of composing comedy
  • a humorous event

    • Antonyms

    * drama * tragedy

    Derived terms

    * comedic * comedically * comedy of errors * situation comedy, sitcom * comic * comedian

    Related terms

    * comic

    sitcom

    English

    Etymology 1

    From ; situation comedy.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A situation comedy: an episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation.

    • Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1992 , author=Earl G. Hunt, Jr. , title=Recovering the Sacred: Papers From the Sanctuary and the Academy , isbn=0963130803 , publisher=Jonathan Creek Press , page=254 , passage="Today we have Grumps'' (grim, ruthless, upwardly mobile professionals), ''Dinks'' (those with dual-income, no kids), ''Sitcoms'' (those with single-income, two children, outrageous mortgages); and, just to recognize the graying populace in this country, ''Opals (older people with active lifestyles)."}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1993 , author=Daniel Moreau , title=Kiplinger's Facing Forty: How to Deal Successfully with the Changes in Your Life , isbn=0938721240 , publisher=Kiplinger Books , page=7 , passage="There are MINKs (multiple income, no kids) and what may be the acronym of the '90s, SITCOMs (single income, two children, outrageous mortgage)."}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2003 , author=Judith Sealander , title=The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century , isbn=0521535689 , publisher=Cambridge University Press , page=12 , passage="By the end of the 1990s, in some circles, parents had become SITCOMS (single income, two children, oppressive mortgage) and those without children were THINKERS (two healthy incomes, no kids, early retirement)."}} ----