Question

What's the difference between "spectators" and "audience"?

Accepted Answer

A spectator is someone who watches something, especially a sporting event. You refer to all the people who are watching or listening to a play, concert, film, or television play as the audience. You can use either a singular or plural form of a verb with audience (the audience was / were). You can also use audience to refer to the people who read a particular writer's books or get to hear about someone's ideas.

Audience Refer People Difference Spectators Watches Sporting Event