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Edutainment vs Entertainment - What's the difference?

edutainment | entertainment |

As nouns the difference between entertainment and edutainment

is that entertainment is an activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games while edutainment is a form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, and games, especially computer games) that provides both education and entertainment.

edutainment

English

Noun

  • A form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, and games, especially computer games) that provides both education and entertainment.

    • See also

    *infotainment *tittytainment *("edutainment" on Wikipedia)

    entertainment

    English

    (wikipedia entertainment)

    Alternative forms

    * entretainment (chiefly archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
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  • a show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others
  • (obsolete) maintenance or support
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  • Admission into service; service.
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  • (obsolete) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
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    • The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.

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