Theme vs. Genre
Difference Between Theme and Genre
Themenoun
A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
Genrenoun
A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
The still-life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre.Themenoun
A recurring idea; a motif.
Genrenoun
a kind of literary or artistic work
Themenoun
(dated) An essay written for school.
Genrenoun
a style of expressing yourself in writing
Themenoun
(music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
Genrenoun
an expressive style of music
Themenoun
A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
Genrenoun
a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
Themenoun
The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
Themenoun
(grammar) The stem of a word.
Themenoun
(linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
Themenoun
(linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
Themenoun
(linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
Themenoun
A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Themeverb
(transitive) To give a theme to.
We themed the birthday party around superheroes.Themeverb
To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
Themenoun
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion;
he didn't want to discuss that subjectit was a very sensitive topichis letters were always on the theme of loveThemenoun
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;
it was the usual `boy gets girl' themeThemenoun
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition;
the theme is announced in the first measuresthe accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated itThemenoun
an essay (especially one written as an assignment);
he got an A on his compositionThemenoun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
thematic vowels are part of the stemThemeverb
provide with a particular theme or motive;
the restaurant often themes its menus
