Meaning of Romantic and Romance

Hi everybody
I am a little confused about the two words : Romantic and Romance
Is there any difference between them?
thanks in advance

Romance
->
you can lived romance adventure
you can write romance (story)

Romantic
->
You have a romantic personality or soul
you can spend a romontic evening with your girl

Romantic is an adjective. It describes something. A romantic night out. A romantic movie. A romantic hero. A romantic sentiment.

Romance is a noun. It was a fine romance. (Romance is also an adjective when used to desribe a type of writing: romance novels.)

Romance (noun):

  1. Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people.

  2. A strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something.

  3. A mysterious or fascinating quality or appeal, as of something adventurous, heroic, or strangely beautiful.

  4. A fictitiously embellished account or explanation

  5. (Music) A lyrical, tender, usually sentimental song or short instrumental piece.

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Romantic (adj.):

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of romance.

  2. Displaying, expressive of, or conducive to love.

  3. Imaginative but impractical; visionary.

  4. Not based on fact; imaginary or fictitious

  5. Of or characteristic of romanticism in the arts.

  6. (music) works in which fantasy and imagination are in their own right more important than classical features such as balance, restraint and good taste.

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