Documentary
Documentary adjective - Restricted to or based on fact.
Usage example: a documentary film about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
Hard and documentary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Documentary".
Hard
Hard adjective - Restricted to or based on fact.
Usage example: that newscast is strictly devoted to hard news, as the producers prefer to leave the gossip to others
Documentary and hard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Documentary" instead an adjective "Hard".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In hard rock circles it has reached classic status.A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the Classic Albums TV documentary series.
Source: Music / Ace of Spades - The documentary Electric Purgatory uses this trope to explain why modern black rock musicians have such a hard time breaking into the mainstream during the last 30 years or so.
Source: Music Is Politics - According to a Radio 4 documentary, a diagnosis of psychopathy is especially hard to shake off, given that the first thing everyone knows about psychopaths is that "they look just like anyone else".
Source: Go Among Mad People
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