Difference between Prose and Drama

What is the difference between Prose and Drama?

Prose as a noun is language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry. while Drama as a noun is a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue

Prose

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

Example sentence: New poems no longer come to me with their prodigies of metaphor and assonance. Prose endures. I feel the circles grow smaller, and old age is a ceremony of losses, which is, on the whole, preferable to dying at forty-seven or fifty-two.

Drama

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogueSuch a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)Theatrical plays in generalA dramatic situation in real lifeRumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama.

Example sentence: Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

We hope you now know whether to use Prose or Drama in your sentence.

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