Noir vs Novel - What's the difference?
noir | novel |
(film, TV) Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
* {{quote-book, 2008, Jerold J. Abrams & Elizabeth Cooke, chapter=Detection and the Logic of Abduction in The X-Files , The Philosophy of TV Noir
, passage=As a neo-Sherlock Holmes, however, Mulder is also a very noir version of the classic detective (just as Scully is a very noir Watson).}}
(film, and, TV) A production in the style of film noir
* {{quote-news, 2007, January 29, Wendell Jamieson, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, Nights Are Noir in Fog City, New York Times
, passage=Several noirs , including “Raw Deal,” have been set here. }}
(obsolete) A novelty; something new.
*, II.2.4:
A work of prose fiction, longer than a short story.
(classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
As a noun noir
is black (person).As a verb novel is
to increase (to make larger).noir
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* (l)Noun
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(wikipedia novel)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Usage notes
* Said of ideas, ways, etc.Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
In various senses from (etyl) novelle or (etyl) novella, both from (etyl) novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, from . Some senses came to English directly from the Latin. (etystub)Noun
(en noun)- merry talessuch as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels , and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione , which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.