Act vs. Scene

Actnoun

(countable) Something done, a deed.

Actnoun

Actuality.

Actnoun

(countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.

Actnoun

The process of doing something.

Actnoun

(countable) A formal or official record of something done.

Actnoun

(countable) A division of a theatrical performance.

Actnoun

(countable) A performer or performers in a show.

Actnoun

(countable) Any organized activity.

Actnoun

(countable) A display of behaviour.

Actnoun

A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

Actnoun

(countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.

Actverb

(intransitive) To do something.

Actverb

To do (something); to perform.

Actverb

(intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.

Actverb

(ergative) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).

Actverb

(intransitive) To behave in a certain way.

Actverb

(copulative) To convey an appearance of being.

Actverb

To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.

Actverb

To have an effect (on).

Actverb

(transitive) To play (a role).

Actverb

(transitive) To feign.

Actverb

To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).

Actverb

To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

Actnoun

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

Actnoun

A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.

Actnoun

Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).

Actverb

To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

Actverb

To perform; to execute; to do.

Actverb

To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.

Actverb

To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.

Actverb

To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.

Actverb

To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.

Actverb

To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.

Actverb

To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.

Actverb

To perform on the stage; to represent a character.

Actnoun

a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

Actnoun

something that people do or cause to happen

Actnoun

a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet

Actnoun

a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;

Actnoun

a manifestation of insincerity;

Actverb

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

Actverb

behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself;

Actverb

play a role or part;

Actverb

discharge one's duties;

Actverb

pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind;

Actverb

be suitable for theatrical performance;

Actverb

have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected;

Actverb

be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

Actverb

behave unnaturally or affectedly;

Actverb

perform on a stage or theater;

Scenenoun

The location of an event that attracts attention.

Scenenoun

(theater) The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.

Scenenoun

The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play

Scenenoun

So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays

Scenenoun

The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.

Scenenoun

An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.

Scenenoun

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

Scenenoun

An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display

Scenenoun

An element of fiction writing.

Scenenoun

A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.

Sceneverb

(transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Scenenoun

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.

Scenenoun

The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.

Scenenoun

So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.

Scenenoun

The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.

Scenenoun

An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.

Scenenoun

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

Scenenoun

An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.

Sceneverb

To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Scenenoun

the place where some action occurs;

Scenenoun

an incident (real or imaginary);

Scenenoun

the visual percept of a region;

Scenenoun

a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

Scenenoun

a situation treated as an observable object;

Scenenoun

a subdivision of an act of a play;

Scenenoun

a display of bad temper;

Scenenoun

graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept;

Scenenoun

the context and environment in which something is set;

Scenenoun

the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale;