As nouns the difference between melodrama and tugboat
is that
melodrama is while
tugboat is a small, powerful boat (a "tugship" in other languages) used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
melodrama Noun
(archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
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(uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
Derived terms
* melodramatic
* melodramatics
* melodramatist
* melodramatize
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tugboat English
Noun
( en noun)
A small, powerful boat (a "tugship" in other languages) used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
Synonyms
* tug
See also
* towboat
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