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Genre vs Literary - What's the difference?

genre | literary |

As a noun genre

is .

As an adjective literary is

relating to literature.

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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    literary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to literature.
    • literary''' fame; a '''literary''' history; '''literary conversation
  • * Johnson
    • He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
  • Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
    • a literary man
  • * Mason
    • in the literary as well as fashionable world
  • Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
  • Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
  • Bookish.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * literary criticism * literary device * literary form * literary genre * literary technique * literary theory

    Related terms

    * letter * literal * literacy * literate * literature

    External links

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    Anagrams

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