Drama vs Thrill - What's the difference?
drama | thrill |
A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
Theatrical plays in general
A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play
(slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.
(ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
* 1937 , Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , Walt Disney:
* M. Arnold
* Spenser
(ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
(obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
* Heywood
A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
* {{quote-book, year=1935, author=
, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1
, passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill .}}
A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
(medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
As nouns the difference between drama and thrill
is that drama is a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue while thrill is a trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.As a proper noun Drama
is a town in Greece.As a verb thrill is
to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.drama
English
(wikipedia drama)Noun
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* drama queen * dramatic * dramatical * dramatically * dramatics * dramatism * dramatist * dramatization * dramatize * melodramaAnagrams
* ----thrill
English
Verb
(en verb)- One love / That has possessed me; / One love / Thrilling me through
- vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the reader with sudden delight
- The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled , / That sudden cold did run through every vein.
- He pierced through his chafed chest / With thrilling point of deadly iron brand.
- I'll thrill my javelin.
Noun
(en noun)George Goodchild