Sensational vs Tabloidize - What's the difference?

sensational | tabloidize |


As an adjective sensational

is of or pertaining to sensation.

As a verb tabloidize is

to convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.

sensational

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to sensation.
    • sensational nerves
  • Piquing]] or [[arouse, arousing the senses.
  • Provocative.
  • Exceptionally great.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Young Dutch keeper Tim Krul saw his value rocket up with a sensational display.}}

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    tabloidize

    English

    Verb

    (tabloidiz)
  • To convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 12, author=Robin Finn, title=Jumping Toward Her Own Turn in the Spotlight, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Make the strategic mistake — toward the end of a pleasantly blunt chat conducted while traipsing around her farm and ogling its stellar inhabitants — of mentioning her tabloidized romance with Cian O’Connor, a garrulous Irish horseman who forfeited an Olympic gold medal in 2005 when his mount failed a drug test, and she instinctively puts on the verbal brakes. }}