Leading and Starring

Leading

Leading adjective - Indicating the most important performer or role.
Usage example: the leading man

Starring is a synonym for leading. In some cases you can use "Starring" instead an adjective "Leading".

Nearby Words: lead, leader, leadership, leaded

Starring

Starring adjective - Indicating the most important performer or role.

Leading is a synonym for starring. You can use "Leading" instead an adjective "Starring".

Nearby Words: starred, starry, Starr

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Cossacks The Cossacks (1928) is a silent film starring John Gilbert, MGM's leading heartthrob for most of The Twenties.
  • Career Resurrection After that, she was relegated to starring in either unmemorable supporting roles in mainstream films or leading in small indies that no one went to.
  • Plot Armor The Following: Provides the closest one can get to an in-universe example: the the leading villain is simultaneously writing and enacting in-universe a novel starring the protagonist.
    Source: Plot Armor
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