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Theatral vs Theatrical - What's the difference?

theatral | theatrical |

As adjectives the difference between theatral and theatrical

is that theatral is (label) theatrical while theatrical is of or relating to the theatre.

As a noun theatrical is

a stage performance, especially one by amateurs.

theatral

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (label) theatrical
  • (Webster 1913)

    theatrical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the theatre.
  • * 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
  • The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
  • Fake and exaggerated.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.