Movie vs. Cinema — What's the Difference?

A recorded sequence of film or video images displayed on a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.

A movie theater.

Any work, as of art or entertainment, having this form, usually including a soundtrack

Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.

The presentation of such a work

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

A long narrative work of this form

Films collectively.

Movies Screenings of movies at a public theater

The film and movie industry.

Movies The movie industry.

The art of making films and movies; cinematography

A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.

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

A cinema.

A theater where motion pictures are shown.

A motion picture.

Same as motion picture.

A motion picture show; the event of showing a motion picture. In the pl., the event of showing a motion picture at a movie theater; as, to go to the movies; to spend an evening at the movies.

A medium that disseminates moving pictures;

The motion picture industry or medium, generally.

A theater where films are shown

A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;