What is the difference between genre and genus?
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A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
(biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
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A group with common attributes.
*1945 , (Bertrand Russell), A History of Western Philosophy , p. 655:
*:Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental."
(topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
Genus is a synonym of genre.
Genus is a related term of genre.
Genus is a descendant of genre.
As nouns the difference between genre and genus
is that genre is a kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks while genus is a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank.genre
English
Noun
(en noun)- The still-life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.
- The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre .
Synonyms
* kind * type * class * See alsoDerived terms
* subgenre * literary genre * film genre * dramatic genre * theatrical genreAnagrams
* * * ----genus
English
Noun
(genera)- All magnolias belong to the genus ''Magnolia .
- Other species of the genus ''Bos'' are often called cattle or wild cattle.
- There are only two genera and species of seadragons .
- Müller criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus .