Documentary
Documentary noun - A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event.
Picture and documentary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Picture" instead a noun "Documentary".
Picture
Picture noun - A story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track.
Usage example: the actor's latest picture is another thriller
Documentary and picture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Documentary" instead a noun "Picture".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good documentary | good picture |
| detailed | detailed documentary | detailed picture |
| similar | similar documentary | similar picture |
| original | original documentary | original picture |
| Other adjectives: accurate, actual, entire, real, little, infamous, animated, famous, new, final, classic, next, realistic, recent, black-and-white, promotional. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Noir, in the classic and stylistic sense, is visually darker than your average gangster picture, playing with light and long, deep shadows instead of bright, documentary-styled camera work.
Source: Film Noir -
Fan Boy: Mac apparently idolizes Ronald Reagan judging by the framed picture and "eight-hour documentary [he's] always watching".
Source: Series / CSI: NY -
Tragically, the documentary narrator confronted by an escaped Colosson, despite having foreseen this might happen, did not have a picture of a chicken.
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