Lyric vs Script - What's the difference?
lyric | script |
(poetry) Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
Of, or relating to a writer of such poetry
lyrical
Having a light singing voice of modest range
Of, or relating to musical drama and opera
melodious
Of, or relating to the lyre (or sometimes the harp)
A lyric poem.
(also in plural) The words of a song or other vocal music. The singular form often refers to a part of the words, whereas the plural form can refer to all of the words.
(countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.
Written characters; style of writing.
(typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
(countable, legal) An original instrument or document.
(countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
(computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
(linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
An abbreviation for a prescription.
As nouns the difference between lyric and script
is that lyric is a lyric poem while script is (countable|obsolete) a writing; a written document.As an adjective lyric
is (poetry) of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style.As a verb script is
to make or write a script.lyric
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Alternative forms
* lyrickAdjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* lyrical * lyrically * lyricizeNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia lyric)- The lyric in line 3 doesn't rhyme.
- The lyrics were written by the composer.
