Feature
Feature noun - The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater.
Usage example: the feature tonight is `Casablanca'
Motion picture and feature are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Motion picture" instead a noun "Feature".
Motion picture
Motion picture noun - A story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track.
Usage example: a popular novel that was made into a major motion picture
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Synonyms for Motion picture
Feature and motion picture are semantically related. You can use "Feature" instead a noun phrase "Motion picture".
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Both terms in one sentence
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Thus came Walt's next big step for animation—in 1934, he began work on America's first feature length animated motion picture: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- Noels House Party with its "Gotcha" (originally "Gotcha Oscars" until the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences threatened legal action) feature on celebrities.
Source: Candid Camera Prank -
Stopped Numbering Sequels: This is the first movie in the series since Star Trek: The Motion Picture that doesn't feature a number in the title.
Source: Film / Star Trek: Generations
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