different between theatrical vs theatric

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?æt.??.k?l/

Adjective

theatrical (comparative more theatrical, superlative most theatrical)

1. Of or relating to the theatre.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

2. Fake and exaggerated.

Translations

Noun

theatrical (plural theatricals)

1. A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
2. A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
   • 2005, The Hollywood Reporter (page 61)

     Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end.

English

Alternative forms

• theatrick (obsolete)

Adjective

theatric (not comparable)

1. Relating to acting or the theater, theatrical.

Anagrams

• chattier, chiretta