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Thriller vs Drama - What's the difference?

thriller | drama |

As nouns the difference between thriller and drama

is that thriller is something that thrills while drama is a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.

As a proper noun Drama is

a town in Greece.

thriller

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that thrills.
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=While Arsenal had enjoyed a Boxing Day break thanks to the cancellation of their game against West Ham, Newcastle had come out of the wrong end of a thriller at Old Trafford and Pardew said that strain accounted for his side conceding four goals at the Emirates after Demba Ba had drawn Newcastle level for the third time in the 69th minute.}}
  • (chiefly) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
  • Synonyms

    * pulp novel

    Hyponyms

    * horror movie, hardboiled crime fiction

    Hypernyms

    * detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction

    See also

    * chiller ----

    drama

    English

    (wikipedia drama)

    Noun

  • A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
  • Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
  • Theatrical plays in general
  • A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play
  • (slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * drama queen * dramatic * dramatical * dramatically * dramatics * dramatism * dramatist * dramatization * dramatize * melodrama

    Anagrams

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