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Screenplay vs Scenario - What's the difference?

screenplay | scenario |

As nouns the difference between screenplay and scenario

is that screenplay is a script for a movie or a television show while scenario is an outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.

screenplay

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a script for a movie or a television show
  • * 1998, Hairshirt'' (aka ''Too Smooth , movie)
    • I know Corinne would be happy if I started writing scripts again. Since my last screenplay , I haven't written anything in over four months.

    Related terms

    * screenwriter

    Hyponyms

    * teleplay

    scenario

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
  • A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.
  • An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=August 23 , author=Alasdair Lamont , title=Hearts 0-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Hearts were keen to avoid a repeat of the scenario at this stage of last season's competition, when they found themselves two goals down inside the opening quarter of an hour.}}

    Derived terms

    * worst case scenario

    See also

    * scenarii (hypercorrect plural) ----