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stage business vs shtick

shtick vs stage business

stage business and shtick both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stage business Yes No No No
shtick Yes No No No
As nouns, shtick is a hyponym of stage business; that is, shtick is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stage business:
  • stage business: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
  • shtick: (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
Other hyponyms of stage business include schtick, schtik, shtik.
stage business (noun) shtick (noun)
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
(Yiddish) a little; a piece
Difference between stage business and shtick

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