Cyberpunk vs. Steampunk

Cyberpunk vs. Steampunk — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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