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Thriller vs Thrilled - What's the difference?

thriller | thrilled |

As a noun thriller

is something that thrills.

As a verb thrilled is

past tense of thrill.

As an adjective thrilled is

extremely excited or delighted.

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 ----

    thrilled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (thrill)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely excited or delighted.