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Documentary vs Minidocumentary - What's the difference?

documentary | minidocumentary |

As nouns the difference between documentary and minidocumentary

is that documentary is a film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner while minidocumentary is a short documentary.

As an adjective documentary

is of, related to, or based on documents.

documentary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • of, related to, or based on documents.
  • which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
  • presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia documentary) (documentaries)
  • A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

    • Antonyms

    * fiction

    Derived terms

    * fuckumentary * mockumentary * schlockumentary * shockumentary * stalkumentary

    Related terms

    * docudrama

    Anagrams

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    minidocumentary

    English

    Noun

    (minidocumentaries)
  • A short documentary.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 25, author=Julie Bosman, title=When Campaigning Strays Off Script, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=One of the latest developments, he noted, was the use of video. Mr. Romney's campaign has enlisted an Emmy-winning producer to create minidocumentaries of Mr. Romney's appearances on the campaign trail, which are posted on Mitt TV on the campaign's Web site. }}