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Dramatic vs Dramatize - What's the difference?

dramatic | dramatize |

As an adjective dramatic

is of or relating to the drama.

As a verb dramatize is

to adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.

dramatic

English

Alternative forms

* dramatick

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the drama.
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  • Striking in appearance or effect.
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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-17, volume=408, issue=8849, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Best and brightest , passage=Poland has made some dramatic gains in education in the past decade. Before 2000 half of the country’s rural adults had finished only primary school. Yet international rankings now put the country’s students well ahead of America’s in science and maths (the strongest predictor of future earnings), even as the country spends far less per pupil. }}
  • Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.
  • Derived terms

    * nondramatic

    dramatize

    English

    Verb

    (dramatiz)
  • To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
  • To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.