picaresque

As adjectives the difference between picaresque and romance

is that picaresque is of or pertaining to rogues or adventurers while Romance is of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Corsican, etc.

As nouns the difference between picaresque and romance

is that picaresque is a picaresque novel while romance is an intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

As a verb romance is

woo; court.

As adjectives the difference between picaresque and smollettian

is that picaresque is of or pertaining to rogues or adventurers while smollettian is of or pertaining to (tobias smollett) (1721–1771), scottish poet and author best known for picaresque novels.

As a noun picaresque

is a picaresque novel.