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Movie vs Documentary - What's the difference?

movie | documentary |

As nouns the difference between movie and documentary

is that movie is a motion picture while documentary is a film, tv program, publication etc which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

As an adjective documentary is

of, related to, or based on documents.

movie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A motion picture.
  • (usually, pluralized) A cinema.
  • Let's go to the movies .

    Synonyms

    * film

    Derived terms

    * action movie * adult movie * B-movie * home movie * horror movie * moviehouse * movieland * movie star * movie theater * movieverse * popcorn movie * slasher movie * tentpole movie

    documentary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, related to, or based on documents.
  • which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
  • presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
  • Noun

    (wikipedia documentary) (documentaries)
  • A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
  • Antonyms

    * fiction

    Derived terms

    * fuckumentary * mockumentary * schlockumentary * shockumentary * stalkumentary

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