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Spontaneous vs Unscripted - What's the difference?

spontaneous | unscripted |

As adjectives the difference between spontaneous and unscripted

is that spontaneous is self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause while unscripted is not scripted; without a script.

spontaneous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
    • He made a spontaneous offer of help.
  • Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
  • proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint
  • arising from a momentary impulse
  • controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
  • produced without being planted or without human labor]]; [[endemic, indigenous
    • a spontaneous growth of wood
  • Random.
  • Sudden, without warning.

    • Synonyms

    * (self-generated) autonomous * (sense, done by one's own free choice) autonomous * autonomous

    Derived terms

    * spontaneousity

    Related terms

    * spontaneous combustion

    unscripted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not scripted; without a script.
  • * 2009 Aug. 6, Bill Carter, " ‘Millionaire,’ Far From Its Final Answer," New York Times (retrieved 30 May 2014):
    • A decade after introducing the idea that unscripted shows could transform prime time, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” returns to ABC Sunday.
  • (label) Unplanned, unexpected, spontaneous.
  • * 1998 June 25, , " China Swoops Down on Dissidents," Time (retrieved 30 May 2014):
    • Hoping to avoid any unscripted episodes during President Clinton's visit to the ancient city of Xian today, Chinese authorities yesterday detained two of the city's leading dissidents.

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