Cyberpunk vs. Steampunk
Difference Between Cyberpunk and Steampunk
Cyberpunknoun
A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
Steampunknoun
(uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.
Cyberpunknoun
(countable) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.
The film “The Matrix” redefined what a cyberpunk looked like.Steampunknoun
(countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.
Cyberpunknoun
(countable) A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
Steampunknoun
A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.
Cyberpunknoun
A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.
Steampunkverb
(transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner.
Cyberpunknoun
a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
Cyberpunknoun
a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
Cyberpunknoun
a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic compterized societies
