broadcast vs documentary

broadcast

noun
  • A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted. 

  • A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver. 

adj
  • Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad. 

  • Communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means. 

  • Relating to transmissions of messages or signals through radio waves or electronic means. 

adv
  • Widely in all directions; abroad. 

verb
  • To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means. 

  • To transmit a message over a wide area; specifically, to send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people. 

  • To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme. 

documentary

noun
  • A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner. 

adj
  • Of, related to, or based on documents. 

  • Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject. 

  • Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter. 

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