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documentary vs moving-picture show

moving-picture show vs documentary

documentary and moving-picture show both are nouns.

documentary is an adjective but moving-picture show is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
documentary Yes Yes No No
moving-picture show Yes No No No
As nouns, moving-picture show is a hypernym of documentary; that is, moving-picture show is a word with a broader meaning than documentary:
  • documentary: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
  • moving-picture show: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Other hypernyms of documentary include film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show.
documentary (noun) moving-picture show (noun)
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
documentary (adjective) moving-picture show (adjective)
relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
(of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event
Difference between documentary and moving-picture show

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