What's the difference between postscript and script?

Postscript


Definition:

  • (n.) A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Finally, a postscript offers a parallel between the writings of Charles Dickens and the pauper cemetery.
  • (2) It's like that idea that all philosophy is a postscript to Plato: you come to realise that all plays are a postscript to Hamlet.
  • (3) Series co-ordinator Ros Brown now offers a postscript which acts as a conclusion for the series and reflects on the dilemmas and opportunities which face charge nurses as they enter into the world of purchasers and providers, hospital Trusts and PREPP.
  • (4) In a postscript, he conceded that not everyone was happy with his move.
  • (5) Compliance with existing "official" (e.g., IEEE 802.3) and "de facto" standards (e.g., PostScript) was considered to be extremely important for the selection of both hardware and software.
  • (6) In the postscript, John denounces the church for "sanctioning" liberal wings of the communion while capitulating to vehemently homophobic churches.
  • (7) Postscript In response to this piece, a Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said: "Disability Living Allowance is unlike many other benefits in that entitlement is based on the care and mobility needs of each individual rather than a set of specific rules such as earnings or capital.
  • (8) The postscript to the story is you did finally manage to get hold of someone at BT who offered to cut your monthly bill significantly to get you to stay.
  • (9) In his weekly email to subscribers (to promote his online series Horace and Pete), Louis CK included a 1,400-word postscript urging his fans – particularly Republicans – not to vote for Trump.
  • (10) In an updated postscript to the booklet, he says that if the government is able to open civil marriage to gay people, it "will be the clearest possible signal that gay people are accepted in this society on a fully equal basis".
  • (11) Postscript: in 1982, Brown won Cosmopolitan magazine’s America’s sexiest man contest.
  • (12) In Maurice 's 1960 postscript, Forster unites the threat to wilderness that stalks both novels: "There is no forest or fell to escape to today, no cave in which to curl up."
  • (13) Postscript The victory over Southampton was Everton's last before today's game against Newcastle, though they have only played three matches since - draws at Middlesbrough and at home to West Ham, and a 2-1 defeat to Arsenal at Highbury (when Moyes was particularly frustrated to concede a goal to a corner in the first five minutes, having spent the morning practising defending against set pieces).
  • (14) In spite of Freud's recommendation in his postscript to Dora, analysts may neglect, as Schwaber has pointed out, the patient's perception of the analyst's participation in the analytic context.
  • (15) This article includes many suggestions for improved layout and content of laboratory reports, including the use of PostScript-based laser printers, as well as display work-stations and voice response.
  • (16) The image files are transmitted to a VAX computer for processing and image reconstruction, and the processed images are transmitted back to the personal computer for display and recording using a film recorder or PostScript printer.
  • (17) Liberals hit back by tacking on their own spontaneous postscripts, promising to serve the nation "in accordance with the demands of the revolution".
  • (18) We are opening our arms and our doors to anyone on the planet that can help us overcome the great barriers to save our reefs and Leonardo DiCaprio is most certainly someone who can help us make significant and positive changes for the future health of the Great barrier Reef.” Postscript: After this article was first published, Indigenous traditional land owners in north Queensland, the Yidindji nation, also extended an invite to DiCaprio.
  • (19) The skirmish over the release of the contract has become just one more postscript in the Great Olympic Stadium Mystery.
  • (20) Their ectopic formation may acquire biological or clinical significance, as relatively many cells remain in the APUD stage of differentiation, if the process of postscriptional adjustment of the formed hormones is not impaired.

Script


Definition:

  • (n.) A writing; a written document.
  • (n.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
  • (n.) An original instrument or document.
  • (n.) Written characters; style of writing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fluttering in the background was a black flag adorned with white script, the “black flag of jihad”.
  • (2) The leak also included the script for an in-house Sony Pictures recruitment video and performance reviews for hundreds employees.
  • (3) On 17 December Clegg will set out his own script for the year ahead, testing the idea that coalition governments can function even as the two parties clearly show their separate colours.
  • (4) In EastEnders , the mystery surrounding the identity of Kat's secret squeeze continues amid the grinding of narrative levers and the death rattle of overflogged script-horses.
  • (5) The script is taken almost entirely from Charles Webb 's excellent novel, which itself is sparely written and led by dialogue.
  • (6) Kim Kardashian: Hollywood could benefit from a sharper script and more willingness – or freedom, which may be the issue given the game’s official status – to poke at the culture it’s representing.
  • (7) If Abbott changes his formulation, he could risk an outbreak of ill-discipline within his own ranks, because these days the conservatives are more inclined to public outbreaks off-script than the moderates.
  • (8) Each moment was scripted, from the placement of his riding boots in the stirrups of the riderless black horse that accompanied his procession through Washington, to tonight’s burial at sunset back in California.
  • (9) The Center for Medical Progress may have a different name, but this is the same cast of characters and follows the same script.
  • (10) The young screenwriters possibly needed to have chalked up a few miles before they could deliver really workable scripts."
  • (11) The material in this paper provides a script for preparing a relaxation tape for clients to use between or in addition to regular therapy sessions.
  • (12) In Paris, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President François Hollande tried to plot a common strategy after Greeks returned a resounding no to five years of eurozone-scripted austerity.
  • (13) The unprogrammed component of patient ritual involvement differs between the two settings, while the formal ritual 'script' is identical.
  • (14) You read the script and you're like, "Is this actually getting made?
  • (15) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."
  • (16) FremantleMedia may be best known for its talent and game shows, but the company is investing more in scripted formats, with Frot-Coutaz saying this strategy is about more than simply following cyclical TV industry trends.
  • (17) It was set up as a Thames subsidiary in 1971 to specialise in high quality mainstream drama and built a reputation for shooting on film and on location, unlike much production of scripted TV output at the time.
  • (18) Certainly, the new leader will need a way to continue to talk unmediated to this base, and may also – like Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage – gain some mileage with the wider electorate for being at ease with himself, and refusing to talk to a script.
  • (19) Noice found that some actors learn their lines by focusing not on the words of the script, but on their underlying meaning and the motivations of the character who uses them.
  • (20) There’s no script so we can’t programme it on that basis.