Novel vs. Romance
Difference Between Novel and Romance
Novelnoun
A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
Romancenoun
A love affair
His romance with her lasted only a month.Novelnoun
The literary genre represented by novels.
Romancenoun
Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people; love
They kept the romance alive in their marriage for 35 years.Noveladjective
Strikingly new, unusual, or different.
Romancenoun
A strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something
a childhood romance with the sea.Noveladjective
new, original, especially in an interesting way
Romancenoun
A mysterious or fascinating quality or appeal, as of something adventurous, heroic, or strangely beautiful
"These fine old guns often have a romance clinging to them" (Richard Jeffries).Novelnoun
(obsolete) A novelty; something new.
Romancenoun
A long medieval narrative in prose or verse that tells of the adventures and heroic exploits of chivalric heroes
an Arthurian romance.Novelnoun
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
Romancenoun
A long fictitious tale of heroes and extraordinary or mysterious events, usually set in a distant time or place.
Novelnoun
(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
Romancenoun
The class of literature constituted by such tales.
Novelnoun
A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
Romancenoun
An artistic work, such as a novel, story, or film, that deals with sexual love, especially in an idealized form.
Novelnoun
a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
Romancenoun
The class or style of such works.
Novelnoun
a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction;
his bookcases were filled with nothing but novelshe burned all the novelsRomancenoun
A fictitiously embellished account or explanation
We have been given speculation and romance instead of the facts.Noveladjective
of a kind not seen before;
the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theoremRomancenoun
(Music) A lyrical, tender, usually sentimental song or short instrumental piece.
Noveladjective
pleasantly novel or different;
common sense of a most refreshing sortRomancenoun
Romance The Romance languages.
Romanceadjective
Romance Of, relating to, or being any of the languages that developed from Latin, including Italian, French, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.
Romanceverb
To think or behave in a romantic manner
a couple romancing in the moonlight.Romanceverb
To court, woo, or try to arouse the romantic interest of.
Romanceverb
To have a love affair with.
Romanceverb
To try to persuade, as with flattery or incentives
a candidate who romanced the party's delegates for votes.Romancenoun
A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
Romancenoun
An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
Romancenoun
A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
Romancenoun
Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
Romancenoun
A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
Romancenoun
A story or novel dealing with idealized love.
Romancenoun
An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
Romancenoun
An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
His life was a romance.Romancenoun
A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
She was so full of romance she would forget what she was supposed to be doing.Romancenoun
(music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.
Romanceverb
(transitive) To woo; to court.
Romanceverb
(intransitive) To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
Romanceverb
(intransitive) To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.
Romancenoun
a relationship between two lovers
Romancenoun
an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
Romancenoun
the group of languages derived from Latin
Romancenoun
a story dealing with love
Romancenoun
a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
Romanceverb
make amorous advances towards;
John is courting MaryRomanceverb
have a love affair with
Romanceverb
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;
The guys always try to chat up the new secretariesMy husband never flirts with other womenRomanceverb
tell romantic or exaggerated lies;
This author romanced his trip to an exotic countryRomanceadjective
relating to languages derived from Latin;
Romance languages
