Scenario vs. Script

Scenarionoun

An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.

Scriptnoun

A writing; a written document.

Scenarionoun

A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.

Scriptnoun

Written characters; style of writing.

Scenarionoun

An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.

Scriptnoun

(typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.

Scenarionoun

A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

Scriptnoun

An original instrument or document.

Scenarionoun

an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)

Scriptnoun

(countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.

Scenarionoun

a setting for a work of art or literature;

‘the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror’;

Scriptnoun

(computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.

Scenarionoun

a postulated sequence of possible events;

‘planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack’;

Scriptnoun

(linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

Scenario

In the performing arts, a scenario (UK: , US: ; from Italian: , pronounced [ʃeˈnaːrjo]) is a synoptical collage of an event or series of actions and events. In the commedia dell'arte it was an outline of entrances, exits, and action describing the plot of a play, and was literally pinned to the back of the scenery.

‘that which is pinned to the scenery’;

Scriptnoun

An abbreviation for a prescription.

Scriptverb

(transitive) To make or write a script.

Scriptnoun

A writing; a written document.

Scriptnoun

Type made in imitation of handwriting.

Scriptnoun

An original instrument or document.

Scriptnoun

Written characters; style of writing.

Scriptnoun

a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

Scriptnoun

something written by hand;

‘she recognized his handwriting’; ‘his hand was illegible’;

Scriptnoun

a particular orthography or writing system

Scriptverb

write a script for;

‘The playwright scripted the movie’;