moving-picture show vs movie

moving-picture show and movie both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
moving-picture show	Yes	No	No	No
movie	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, moving-picture show and movie are synonyms defined as:

moving-picture show and movie: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

Other synonyms of moving-picture show include film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show.

moving-picture show (noun)	movie (noun)
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement	a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement