What's the difference between theme and title?

Theme


Definition:

  • (n.) A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
  • (n.) Discourse on a certain subject.
  • (n.) A composition or essay required of a pupil.
  • (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.
  • (n.) That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
  • (n.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A world conference in Edinburgh during August 1988 will have the theme.
  • (2) That, roughly, was the theme of the Wednesday Play, Cathy Come Home, (BBC1) directed by Kenneth Loach, produced by Tony Garnett.
  • (3) as well as nauseatingly hipster titbits – "They came up with the perfect theme (and coined a new term!
  • (4) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.
  • (5) By no means is this a new theme, but it has taken on an added sharpness and urgency after the conferences.
  • (6) An obsessional artist who was an enemy of all institutions, cinematic as well as social, and whose principal theme was intolerance, he invariably gets delivered to us today by institutions - most recently the National Film Theatre, which starts a Dreyer retrospective this month - that can't always be counted on to represent him in all his complexity.
  • (7) Read more Clinton spoke before more than a thousand supporters on Saturday at a launch event for “Women for Hillary” in New Hampshire, touching upon many of the familiar themes of her presidential campaign – equal pay for women, paid family leave, raising the minimum wage.
  • (8) The Christmas theme doesn't end there; "America's Christmas Hometown" also has Santa's Candy Castle, a red-brick building with turrets that was built by the Curtiss Candy Company in the 1930s and sells gourmet candy canes in abundance.
  • (9) Similar paradoxes bedevilled all the other chief themes.
  • (10) Synthesis and discussion is focused on five major areas in which gerontological continuity and change are evidenced: 1) transformation of basic themes over time; 2) gerontology's identity crisis; 3) the social ideology of gerontology; 4) evolution and refinement of gerontological ideas and methods; and 5) temporal frameworks.
  • (11) A key theme is expected to be that early intervention at every stage of life can prevent society having to continue "paying for the costs of failure".
  • (12) One constant theme is the wish for the Dalai Lama to return."
  • (13) The national anthems Nothing to say about the Indian anthem, but the New Zealand one sounds like the theme tune for an 1960s ATV variety spectacular.
  • (14) Ever since the ex-PD leader Walter Veltroni started praising President Kennedy as a way to jettison communism, this has been an abiding theme, manifesting itself institutionally in the desperate attempt to engineer a US-style two-party system through breathtakingly inept electoral reforms – the latest one, the " Porcellum " (after porcello, swine), was behind the impasse earlier this year.
  • (15) Ladybird: I’m Ready to Spell has a space theme, and is based on the phonics that kids will be learning in their first years at school.
  • (16) Bleak jokes and cartoons have been circulating for weeks in the anti-Assad camp on the theme of barrel bombs serving as ballot boxes.
  • (17) Redesigning the dream was identified as the integrative theme in the substantive theory that described how family members gradually modify their beliefs about organ transplantation and develop attitudes and beliefs to meet the challenge of living with continual unpredictability.
  • (18) Oil operators, large and small, are very keen to address the key themes of the waste hierarchy.
  • (19) And they kept coming … the hilarious Octodad: Dadliest Catch , the chilling psychological horror game Daylight , which again, uses procedural generation to create new environments (procedural content is another next-gen theme); and Galak-Z from 17bit Studios, described as an AI and physics-driven open-world action game.
  • (20) Cross-sectional as well as longitudinal comparisons indicated that the subjective sexual arousal elicited during fantasy depicting specific themes was stable across the menstrual cycle.

Title


Definition:

  • (n.) An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
  • (n.) The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.
  • (n.) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
  • (n.) A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.
  • (n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.
  • (n.) A name; an appellation; a designation.
  • (n.) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.
  • (n.) The instrument which is evidence of a right.
  • (n.) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
  • (n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
  • (n.) To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
  • (2) Certainly, Saunders did not land a single blow that threatened to stop his opponent, although he took quite a few himself that threatened his titles in the final few rounds.
  • (3) Moments later, Strauss introduces the bold human character with an energetic, upwards melody which he titles "the climb" in the score.
  • (4) The New York Times also alleged that the Met had not passed full details about how many people were victims of the illegal practice to the CPS because it has a history of cooperation with News International titles.
  • (5) The Weinstein Company, which Harvey owns with his brother Bob, lost rights to the title on Tuesday following a ruling by the Motion Picture Association of America's arbitration board.
  • (6) Meanwhile, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood top this week's album chart with their self-titled album, scoring the UK's fastest selling British rock debut in three years.
  • (7) That’s why I thought: ‘I hope Tyson wins – even if he never gives me a shot.’ As long as the heavyweight titles are out of Germany we could have some interesting fights.
  • (8) I believe that the Lebedevs will be progressive and supportive owners of the Independent titles which have played such an important role in British public life for nearly 25 years.
  • (9) Rabbits, affected by acute bronchitis, treated orally with the title compounds showed a considerable reduction of the viscosity of the bronchial mucus.
  • (10) Levinson's film, to be titled Black Mass, will be based on the New York Times bestseller Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob , by Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill.
  • (11) Different games, different moments but it is very important to start winning our points at home.” City started their title defence by defeating Newcastle United 2-0.
  • (12) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
  • (13) Information and titles for this bibliography were gleaned from printed indexes and university medical center libraries.
  • (14) There is a significant group of disorders which present with unruly hair, and these have been described under all manner of titles, including crinkly, woolly, kinky, crimped, frizzly, steely, spunglass, in an attempt to define their clinical appearance.
  • (15) I think that could have been the title of the play.
  • (16) The workforce has changed dramatically since 1900 – just 29,000 Americans today work in fishing and the number of job titles tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has grown to almost 600 – everything from “animal trainers” to “wind turbine service technicians” (and there are even more sub categories).
  • (17) This would be done under Title II of the Communications Act, which already covers telecommunications services but since 2002 has not covered "information services" – data travelling over the internet.
  • (18) The preparation of the title compounds from hyodeoxycholic acid is described.
  • (19) 5.08pm BST There were some non-title games on today.
  • (20) The only thing is that we had a chance to score another goal and instead we conceded a goal, as I think you saw.” Russia’s elimination means that Capello, who won nine league titles in 16 seasons with Milan, Real Madrid and Juventus, has now taken charge of seven World Cup games and won only one – when England beat Slovenia 1-0 four years ago.