Novel vs. Romance

new, original, especially in an interesting way

(obsolete) A novelty; something new.

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.

(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.

A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.

Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

News; fresh tidings.

Example: ‘Some came of curiosity to hear some novels.’;

A fictitious tale or narrative, longer than a short story, having some degree of complexity and development of characters; it is usually organized as a time sequence of events, and is commonly intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and often of love.

A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.

a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction;

Example: ‘his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels’; ‘he burned all the novels’;

of a kind not seen before;

Example: ‘the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem’;

pleasantly novel or different;

Example: ‘common sense of a most refreshing sort’;

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the Italian: novella for , , or , itself from the Latin: novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, diminutive of novus, meaning .Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term to describe their novels.

Example: ‘new’; ‘news’; ‘short story of something new’; ‘new’; ‘romance’;

A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.

An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.

Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.

A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.

A story or novel dealing with idealized love.

An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.

An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.

Example: ‘His life was a romance.’;

A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.

Example: ‘She was so full of romance she would forget what she was supposed to be doing.’;

(music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.

(transitive) To woo; to court.

(intransitive) To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.

(intransitive) To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.

A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.

Example: ‘Upon these three columns - chivalry, gallantry, and religion - repose the fictions of the Middle Ages, especially those known as romances. These, such as we now know them, and such as display the characteristics above mentioned, were originally metrical, and chiefly written by nations of the north of France.’;

An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance.

A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.

The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).

A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.

a love affair, esp. one in which the lovers display their deep affection openly, by romantic gestures.

Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.

To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.

Example: ‘A very brave officer, but apt to romance.’;

a relationship between two lovers

an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

the group of languages derived from Latin

a story dealing with love

a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

make amorous advances towards;

Example: ‘John is courting Mary’;

have a love affair with

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

Example: ‘The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries’; ‘My husband never flirts with other women’;

tell romantic or exaggerated lies;

Example: ‘This author romanced his trip to an exotic country’;

relating to languages derived from Latin;

Example: ‘Romance languages’;