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Postscript vs Epilogue - What's the difference?

postscript | epilogue |

As nouns the difference between postscript and epilogue

is that postscript is an addendum to a letter, added after the author’s signature while epilogue is a short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play.

As a verb postscript

is to extend (a letter or another document) with additional remarks.

postscript

English

Alternative forms

* post script * postscriptum (post scriptum) * PS (, etc.)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author’s signature.
  • (countable) An addition to a story, play, etc.
  • Usage notes

    To indicate the beginning of a postscript to a letter, one often uses the abbreviation PS'' (or '' , etc) followed by a colon or comma.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To extend (a letter or another document) with additional remarks.
  • epilogue

    English

    Alternative forms

    * epilog

    Noun

    (wikipedia epilogue) (en noun)
  • A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
  • The performer who gives this speech
  • A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
  • (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
  • Antonyms

    * prologue

    Synonyms

    * *

    References

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