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Vignette vs Dialogue - What's the difference?

vignette | dialogue |

As a noun vignette

is sticker, adhesive label.

As a verb dialogue is

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vignette

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
  • (printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
  • (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
  • (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
  • The small picture on a postage stamp.
  • (photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.

    • Derived terms

    * vignetter * vignettist

    See also

    * colophon * coronis

    Verb

    (vignett)
  • To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.

    • Derived terms

    * vignetting ----

    dialogue

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (US and computing) dialog

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
    • Bill and Melinda maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.
  • * 2013 , Paul Harris, Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession'' (in ''The Guardian , 19 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jan/19/lance-armstrong-legal-challenges-confession]
    • The hours of dialogue with Winfrey, which culminated in a choked-up moment on Friday night as he discussed the impact of his cheating on his family, appear to have failed to give Armstrong the redemption that he craves.
  • In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
    • The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.
  • A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
    • A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
  • (computing) A dialogue box.
    • Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.

    Antonyms

    * introspection * monologue * multilogue

    Derived terms

    ( conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals) * dialogic * dialogical * dialogically * dialogism * dialogist * dialogistic * dialogistically * dialogize * modal dialogue

    Related terms

    * dialect * dialectic

    Verb

    (dialogu)
  • (informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.
    • Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements.
  • (obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
    • (Shakespeare)