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Thriller vs Teaser - What's the difference?

thriller | teaser |

As nouns the difference between thriller and teaser

is that thriller is thriller (a suspenseful film or book) while teaser is one who teases or pokes fun.

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 ----

    teaser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who teases or pokes fun
  • A person or thing that teases (textile treatment)
  • A short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show.
  • (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger.

    • Related terms

    * cockteaser * prickteaser

    Anagrams

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