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
Related terms
* docudrama
Anagrams
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