Answer:
similarities:While short stories and plays are different in format and in presentation, as works of literature they share many common elements. Besides standard elements such as setting, plot and foreshadowing, much of the structure of a short story is similar to that of a play.
difference:
a.play
Play comprises of
a set of actors who perform over a developed script
Rendering dialogues
Visual projection of prose
Music and lights
Often adopted from the novels,myth,short stories.
A short term experience
b.short story
Story comprises of
Texts and phrases, divided into chapters
Has a proper structure starting from exposition,complication,crisis,climax to resolution
Imagination of the reader is the only limitation
Maybe fictitious or factual
Can be revived at any time.
