motion picture vs documentary film

documentary film vs motion picture

motion picture and documentary film both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
motion picture	Yes	No	No	No
documentary film	Yes	No	No	No

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

motion picture: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
documentary film: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

Other hyponyms of motion picture include telefilm, feature, feature film, final cut, home movie, collage film, coming attraction, shoot-'em-up, short subject, docudrama, documentary, infotainment, cinema verite, film noir, 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 (noun)	documentary film (noun)
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement	a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

Difference between motion picture and documentary film

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