Melodramatic vs. Drama — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Melodramatic and Drama
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Melodramatic
Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama
"a melodramatic account of two perilous days spent among the planters" (Frank O. Gatell).
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c.
Melodramatic
Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic
"Accuse me, if you will, of melodramatic embroidery" (Erskine Childers).
Drama
A play for theatre, radio, or television
A gritty urban drama about growing up in Harlem
Melodramatic
Characterized by false pathos and sentiment.
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Drama
An exciting, emotional, or unexpected event or circumstance
A hostage drama
An afternoon of high drama at Wembley
Melodramatic
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
Drama
A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action.
Melodramatic
Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself.
Drama
A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema.
Melodramatic
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
Drama
Theatrical plays of a particular kind or period
Elizabethan drama.
Melodramatic
Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama;
A melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea
Drama
The art or practice of writing or producing dramatic works.
Melodramatic
Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected;
Histrionic gestures
An attitude of melodramatic despair
A theatrical pose
Drama
A situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic progression or emotional effect characteristic of a play
The drama of the prisoner's escape and recapture.
Drama
The quality or condition of being dramatic
A summit meeting full of drama.
Drama
A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
The author released her latest drama, which became a best-seller.
Drama
Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
Drama
Theatrical plays in general
Drama
A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play
After losing my job, having a car crash, and the big row with my neighbours, I don't need any more drama.
Drama
(slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.
Drama
A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.
A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.
Drama
A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
Westward the course of empire takes its way;The four first acts already past,A fifth shall close the drama with the day;Time's noblest offspring is the last.
The drama and contrivances of God's providence.
Drama
Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.
Drama
A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage;
He wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway
Drama
An episode that is turbulent or highly emotional
Drama
The literary genre of works intended for the theater
Drama
The quality of being arresting or highly emotional
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