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rehearsal vs dress rehearsal

dress rehearsal vs rehearsal

rehearsal and dress rehearsal both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rehearsal Yes No No No
dress rehearsal Yes No No No
As nouns, dress rehearsal is a hyponym of rehearsal; that is, dress rehearsal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rehearsal:
  • rehearsal: a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
  • dress rehearsal: a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performance
Other hyponyms of rehearsal include run-through, walk-through.
rehearsal (noun) dress rehearsal (noun)
(psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performance
a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
Difference between rehearsal and dress rehearsal

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