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movie vs documentary

documentary vs movie

movie and documentary both are nouns.

movie is not an adjective while documentary is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
movie Yes No No No
documentary Yes Yes No No
As nouns, documentary is a hyponym of movie; that is, documentary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than movie:
  • movie: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
  • documentary: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
movie (noun) documentary (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
movie (adjective) documentary (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 movie and documentary

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