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Script vs Scriptwriting - What's the difference?

script | scriptwriting |

As nouns the difference between script and scriptwriting

is that script is a writing; a written document while scriptwriting is the writing of scripts, usually for film or television.

As a verb script

is to make or write a script.

script

English

Noun

(wikipedia)(Scripting language) (en noun)
  • (countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.
  • Written characters; style of writing.
  • (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
  • (countable, legal) An original instrument or document.
  • (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
  • (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
  • (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
  • An abbreviation for a prescription.
  • Synonyms

    * (writing) cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript * (typography) cursive type, typeface, face, or font * (computing) batch file, macro, shell script * (linguistics) language script, writing system

    Hyponyms

    * (text for drama) screenplay * (text for drama) teleplay

    Derived terms

    * * * * * *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make or write a script.
  • References

    * ----

    scriptwriting

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The writing of scripts, usually for film or television.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 27, author=Haresh Pandya, title=G. P. Sippy, Indian Filmmaker Whose Sholay Was a Bollywood Hit, Dies at 93, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Written by Mr. Sippy's favorite scriptwriting team, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, Sholay was loosely styled on The Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, and has been called India's first curry western. }}