motion-picture show vs film noir

film noir vs motion-picture show

motion-picture show and film noir both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motion-picture show	Yes	No	No	No
film noir	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, film noir is a hyponym of motion-picture show; that is, film noir is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motion-picture show:

motion-picture show: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
film noir: a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters

Other hyponyms of motion-picture show include telefilm, feature, feature film, final cut, home movie, collage film, coming attraction, shoot-'em-up, short subject, docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment, cinema verite, skin flick, rough cut, silent movie, silent picture, silents, slow motion, talkie, talking picture, 3-D, 3D, three-D, musical, musical comedy, musical theater, co-production, family film, family movie.

motion-picture show (noun)	film noir (noun)
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement	a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters

Difference between motion-picture show and film noir

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