report vs megillah

megillah vs report

report and megillah both are nouns.

report is a verb but megillah is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
report	Yes	No	Yes	No
megillah	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, megillah is a hyponym of report; that is, megillah is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than report:

report: the act of informing by verbal report
megillah: (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account

Other hyponyms of report include summarisation, summarization, indirect discourse, direct discourse, direct quotation, debriefing, anecdote, narration, recital, yarn, comment, gossip, scuttlebutt.

report (noun)	megillah (noun)
the general estimation that the public has for a person	(Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account
a short account of the news
the act of informing by verbal report
an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)

report (verb)	megillah (verb)
to give an account or representation of in words
make known to the authorities
complain about; make a charge against
announce one's presence
announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism

Difference between report and megillah

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