What is the difference between an Oscar and an Academy Award?

Answer 1

No, and Academy Award is not exactly the same thing as an Oscar (but almost). An Academy Award is an award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy presents about seven different types of awards. The most popular award that they present is officially known as the Academy Award of Merit (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture, etc). The prize for winning this award is the Oscar statuette, so most people refer to the award as the Oscar. Some of the other award winners also receive the Oscar statuette, and some of the other award winners receive plaques or scrolls. One of the awards is always a bust instead of the Oscar statuette. A couple of times the Oscar statuette has been modified for special awards. Shirley Temple received a pint sized Oscar statuette when she was presented with a Special Juvenile Award. And Walt Disney received an Oscar statuette with eight tiny Oscar statuettes when he was presented with a Special Award for the creation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - the first animated feature.

Yes

basically the 'oscars' is just a nickname for the academy awards

Answer 2

Yes, all Oscars are Academy Awards. Not all Academy Awards are Oscars. Most notably, the Academy also presents the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, These are Academy Awards but they are not Oscars.

Answer 3

The Oscar is the popular name for the Academy Award of Merit. There are other Academy Awards which are not Oscars.

• the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award,
• the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award,
• the Gordon E. Sawyer Award and
• the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation.

Answer 4

Oscar is the popular name of the statuettes that are given to the winners of Academy Awards, the awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The Academy also presents

• the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award,
• the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award,
• the Gordon E. Sawyer Award and
• the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation.

These awards are also Academy Awards, but they are not Oscars.

Answer 5

Nothing. An Oscar is a nickname for an Academy Award.

Answer 6

An award for actors in movies or artists for songs