different between surtitle vs subtitle

English

Etymology

From French sur (“over, above”), from Latin super, + title, from Latin titulum.

Noun

surtitle (plural surtitles)

1. A translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance of an opera or other similar performance sung in a foreign language; a supertitle.

Synonyms

• supertitle

Related terms

• subtitle
• super
• title

Translations

Verb

surtitle (third-person singular simple present surtitles, present participle surtitling, simple past and past participle surtitled)

1. To provide surtitles for a performance.

Synonyms

• supertitle

Translations

Anagrams

• sluttier, truliest

English

Etymology

sub- +? title

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?bta?t?l/

Noun

subtitle (plural subtitles)

1. (authorship) A heading below or after a title.
2. Textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Usage notes

In film and video, subtitles usually translate foreign-language dialogue, while captions transcribe or describe all significant dialogue and sound for viewers who cannot hear it.

Derived terms

• subtitled, subtitling

Related terms

• surtitle, surtitles, surtitled, surtitling

Translations

See also

• Subtitle (titling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Subtitle (captioning) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

subtitle (third-person singular simple present subtitles, present participle subtitling, simple past and past participle subtitled)

1. To create subtitles for the dialogue in a film.

Translations

Anagrams

• blue tits, bluetits, builtest