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Mime vs Melodrama - What's the difference?

mime | melodrama |

As nouns the difference between mime and melodrama

is that mime is a form of acting without words; pantomime while melodrama is a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.

As a verb mime

is to mimic.

As a proper noun MIME

is acronym of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions,|lang=en an Internet standard that extends the formatting and content capabilities of email.

mime

English

(wikipedia mime)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A form of acting without words; pantomime
  • A pantomime actor
  • A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce
  • A performer of such a farce
  • A person who mimics others in a comical manner

    • Related terms

    * pantomime

    Verb

    (mim)
  • To mimic.
  • To act without words.
  • To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * lip-synch ----

    melodrama

    English

    (wikipedia melodrama)

    Noun

  • (archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
  • (countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
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  • (uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.

    • Derived terms

    * melodramatic * melodramatics * melodramatist * melodramatize ----