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Samerrustom Posted 10 years ago
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Is there a difference between them?
  

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samerrustom Is there a difference between them? Here's a basic rule that might be useful to you. 9% of the time.

  • samerrustom Is there a difference between them?
  • Here's a basic rule that might be useful to you.
  • 9% of the time.
  • Use "genre" with kinds of artistic productions.
  • The novel and the short story are different genres of literature.
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samerrustom Is there a difference between them?
Here's a basic rule that might be useful to you.

Use "kind" 99.9% of the time.
Use "genre" with kinds of artistic productions.
The novel and the short story are different genres of literature.
The opera and the symphony are different genres of music.

CJ
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Use "kind" or "type" 99.9% of the time. Next, use "category."
Finally, there is genre, which is very specialized.

I didn't put "kind" on this graph because it also has an unrelated meaning of "nice, gentle."

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