Theme vs. Genre

Theme vs. Genre — Is There a Difference?
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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

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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.

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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 love

Themenoun

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;

it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme

Themenoun

(music) melodic subject of a musical composition;

the theme is announced in the first measuresthe accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it

Themenoun

an essay (especially one written as an assignment);

he got an A on his composition

Themenoun

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;

thematic vowels are part of the stem

Themeverb

provide with a particular theme or motive;

the restaurant often themes its menus