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Genre vs Minigenre - What's the difference?

genre | minigenre |

As nouns the difference between genre and minigenre

is that genre is while minigenre is a small, specialist genre.

genre

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
    • 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 also

    Derived terms

    * subgenre * literary genre * film genre * dramatic genre * theatrical genre

    Related terms

    * genre fiction * gender * general * generate * genus

    Anagrams

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    minigenre

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, specialist genre.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 22, author=Julie Bosman, title=Time to Throw Their Books Into the Ring, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=All of them could be called candidate lit, a publishing minigenre that includes runaway best sellers (“The Audacity of Hope” by Senator Barack Obama of Illinois) and unqualified duds (“Between Worlds,” a memoir by Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico). }}