What's the difference between cheesy and overdramatic?

Cheesy


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sheep infection trials indicate that the PLD-negative C. pseudotuberculosis strain (Toxminus) is incapable of inducing caseous lymphadentis (cheesy gland) even at doses two logs higher than that at which the wild-type strain produces the disease.
  • (2) And an incredibly cheesy Budweiser advert uses the bond between a man and his dog to promote road safety.
  • (3) Protection levels as high as 95% and 97.5% were attained in broilers vaccinated subcutaneously and no undesirable lesions or cheesy masses formed under the skin in the back of the necks of broilers.
  • (4) It might sound like the stuff of cheesy softcore but the film is subtle, controlled and low on nudity – the trappings of decor are treated more fetishistically than women's bodies – and Weigert's performance anchors the action in psychological complexity.
  • (5) He hasn’t stopped eating ice-cream, milk shakes, Cheesy Wotsits and chocolate.
  • (6) It seems that dystopian worlds create more drama and while I wouldn't say the original film was cheesy, it was camp.
  • (7) When these two children were examined bronchoscopically the tracheobronchial tree was found to be filled with white, cheesy material.
  • (8) In 2001 the retro-futurist Discovery revived appreciation for the kind of glossy soft-rock and sentimental 80s pop that most bands deemed too cheesy. "
  • (9) I popped in for a nightcap but end up staying for two hours, serenaded by locals murdering everything from Japanese power ballads to cheesy Brazilian pop and Bohemian Rhapsody.
  • (10) It feels like an award in itself, and before you just brush that off as being as cheesy as it sounds, after having been in the business for 20 years, this is the closest I’ve gotten to my childhood version of ‘making it’.
  • (11) So, if the only indulgence that is viable, that is within budget, that will not mean you have to walk to work, is a Styrofoam container of cheesy chips, the answer is a thunderous "YES".
  • (12) Trundling on a cheesy tourist trail around the Italian capital (the Trevi fountain, the Spanish Steps), it tells four whimsical stories that never intersect, meaning that its most watchable stars – Alec Baldwin, Penélope Cruz, Roberto Benigni and Allen, appearing in one of his movies for the first time since Scoop, in 2006 – never interact.
  • (13) Like so much of what Cage says and does, this should be cheesy, but somehow it isn't.
  • (14) Some are stylistic and structural: a fondness for bifurcated storytelling; characters and actors that shift from film to film; a tip of the hat to the cheesy Thai TV of his youth.
  • (15) The moussaka (£8.50) is heavenly: crunchy and cheesy on top, and intensely savoury below.
  • (16) And that schmaltzy Bronner's experience wouldn't be complete without lashings of cheesy slogans.
  • (17) "I mean, my children sometimes have Cheesy Wotsits, but my children are perfectly thin because they don't have them all the time.
  • (18) Capital Radio's drivetime DJ Lucio has been named as the new presenter of the UK's commercial chart show, Hit 40 UK, and has immediately thrown down the gauntlet to BBC Radio 1 saying its chart is "dismal, bland and cheesy".
  • (19) Dialogue Young Guns does a generally enjoyable line in cheesy, quotable, tough-guy speak.
  • (20) The Bee Gees became cheesy, Chic became cheesy, and by the 80s disco was a dirty word.

Overdramatic


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His tendency to overdramatize his disability and to adopt an excessively helpless and passive role made treatment difficult.
  • (2) "Our own comedians make jokes about the British being terrible cooks and terrible romantics, and we in turn make jokes about the Italians being disorganised and overdramatic, the French being arrogant and the Germans being over organised," the corporation added.
  • (3) Dangers lie in playing down and thus depreciation or in overdramatization.
  • (4) Sometimes they shoot flares – in lieu of honking horns – which I have to say is a little overdramatic.
  • (5) "I was a little girl with a potbelly and afro puffs, hyperactive and overdramatic.
  • (6) Overdramatized, unscientific investigations have contributed to the misconception that the cumulative effects of dental alloys are a serious threat to the clinician and other dental personnel.
  • (7) "Our own comedians make jokes about the British being terrible cooks and terrible romantics, and we in turn make jokes about the Italians being disorganised and overdramatic, the French being arrogant and the Germans being overorganised," it said.
  • (8) If someone makes a mistake and your response is instantly overdramatic ("We'll lose the client!
  • (9) I don’t want to sound overdramatic but fracketeers are faceless evil wizards and algorithms are their flying monkeys, dispatched from the anonymous castles of corporate service providers.
  • (10) When Bruce was chosen to replace the show's previous presenter, Michael Aspel, at the beginning of the last series, he made some snide comments to the effect that she was "overdramatic" in her news reading style, and reminded him of a "gossiping housewife".

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