Cinema vs. Theatre — What's the Difference?

A movie theater.

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance.

The art of making films and movies; cinematography

A building or outdoor area in which plays and other dramatic performances are given.

Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.

A room or hall for lectures with seats in tiers.

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

The area in which something happens

Films collectively.

Variant of theater.

The film and movie industry.

Alternative spelling of theater

The art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; - often used in the phrase the cinema.

A cinema; movie theatre.

A theater where motion pictures are shown.

A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented;

Same as motion picture.

The art of writing and producing plays

A medium that disseminates moving pictures;

A region in which active military operations are in progress;

A theater where films are shown