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Documentary vs Reportage - What's the difference?

documentary | reportage |

As nouns the difference between documentary and reportage

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 reportage is the reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness.

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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    reportage

    English

    (wikipedia reportage)

    Noun

    (-)
  • the reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • news or information of general interest that has been reported

    • Anagrams

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