Literary vs. Literature
Difference Between Literary and Literature
Literary➦
concerning the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form
the great literary works of the nineteenth century
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Literature➦
Literature broadly is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed.
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Literary➦
(of language) associated with literary works or other formal writing; having a marked style intended to create a particular emotional effect
the script was too literary
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Literature➦
written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit
a great work of literature
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Literary➦
Of, relating to, or dealing with literature
literary criticism.
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Literature➦
The body of written works of a language, period, or culture.
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Literary➦
Of or relating to writers or the profession of literature
literary circles.
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Literature➦
Imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value
"Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity" (Rebecca West).
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Literary➦
Versed in or fond of literature or learning.
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Literature➦
The art or occupation of a literary writer.
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Literary➦
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing.
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Literature➦
The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field
medical literature.
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Literary➦
Bookish; pedantic.
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Literature➦
Printed material
collected all the available literature on the subject.
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Literary➦
Relating to literature.
literary fame
a literary history
literary conversation
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Literature➦
(Music) All the compositions of a certain kind or for a specific instrument or ensemble
the symphonic literature.
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Literary➦
Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
a literary man
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Literature➦
The body of all written works.
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Literary➦
Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
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Literature➦
The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
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Literary➦
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
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Literature➦
(usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
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Literary➦
Bookish.
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Literature➦
Written fiction of a high standard.
However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature, because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. —Adam Cadre, 2008
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Literary➦
Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.
He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
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Literature➦
Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
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Literary➦
Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.
In the literary as well as fashionable world.
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Literature➦
The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.
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Literary➦
of or relating to or characteristic of literature;
literary criticism
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Literature➦
The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.
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Literary➦
knowledgeable about literature;
a literary style
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Literature➦
The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.
The origin of all positive science and philosophy, as well as of all literature and art, in the forms in which they exist in civilized Europe, must be traced to the Greeks.
Learning thy talent is, but mine is sense.
Some gentlemen, abounding in their university erudition, fill their sermons with philosophical terms.
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Literary➦
appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing;
when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style
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Literature➦
creative writing of recognized artistic value
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Literature➦
the humanistic study of a body of literature;
he took a course in Russian lit
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Literature➦
published writings in a particular style on a particular subject;
the technical literature
one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature
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Literature➦
the profession or art of a writer;
her place in literature is secure
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