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Jumpscare vs Popup - What's the difference?

jumpscare | popup |

As nouns the difference between jumpscare and popup

is that jumpscare is while popup is a pop-up.

jumpscare

English

Noun

(en noun)
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  • * 2011 , Justin Mancini, " 'Paranormal Activity 3' delivers more of the same scares", The Signal (College of New Jersey), Volume 135, Number 8, 20 October 2011, page 21:
  • Do you like jumpscares ? Well then, here's your movie!
  • * 2013 , Patrick Shanahan, " Insidious Chapter 2 Falls Flat", The Record (Saint Louis Priory School), Volume 44, Issue 5, 27 September 2013, page 6:
  • It seemed that for every legitimate moment of tension and terror caused by Wan's brilliant style of camerawork (of which there surprisingly weren't many), there was a cheap jumpscare that just made you think: “Did they really just do that to me?”

    popup

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia popup) (en noun)
  • a pop-up
  • a pop-up advertisement
  • See also

    * popup blocker