Skit vs. Drama

Skitnoun

A short comic performance.

Skitnoun

A jeer or sally; a brief satire.

Skitnoun

(obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.

Skitverb

To make fun of.

Skitverb

To cast reflections on; to asperse.

Skitnoun

A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.

Skitnoun

A wanton girl; a light wench.

Skitnoun

A short theatrical presentation, often comical or satirical. Comical skits are sometimes presented by amateur or ad hoc groups at parties, dinners, or other social gatherings.

Skitnoun

a short theatrical episode

Dramanoun

A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue

Dramanoun

Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)

Dramanoun

Theatrical plays in general

Dramanoun

A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play

Dramanoun

(slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.

Dramanoun

A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.

Dramanoun

A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.

Dramanoun

Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

Dramanoun

a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage;

Dramanoun

an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

Dramanoun

the literary genre of works intended for the theater

Dramanoun

the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

Dramanoun

a play for theatre, radio, or television

Dramanoun

plays as a genre or style of literature

Dramanoun

the activity of acting

Dramanoun

an exciting, emotional, or unexpected event or circumstance

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c.