So is there any difference between a diva and a prima donna?

[Ralphie ★]

?

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

I would say a prima donna is someone who undeservedly holds a high opinion of herself or himself and inflicts that opinion on those nearby to everyone's annoyance and discomfort.

A diva is someone like Zephyr.

[Ralphie ★]

So a diva dives to get clams to make chowdah?

[maddmaxx ★]

Yes.

[MickinMD ★]

Technically, a diva is a famous, acclaimed opera singer.  A prima donna is the lead female singer in an opera - who may or may not be famous.

I've met one opera grand diva, Hyunah Yu, and she got the title by being a superb soprano who has sung on several continents and often at Carnegie Hall in NY.  A graduate of the Peabody Instiute of Johns Hopkins U., she attended a recital where she complimented me after I played Schumann's "First Sorrow" on piano - a big thrill for me.

Post-recital critique. Standing L-R, Me, Grand Diva Hyunah Yu. Sitting and talking to me: the late Piano Virtuoso Frances Cheng-Koors, Shanghai Child Prodigy, Peabody Piano Chairwoman, my piano teacher.  She was one of the few people invited to the Salzburg, Austria Music Festival each year to play on Mozart's own piano.

 

[Zephyr]

17 hours ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said:

A diva is someone like Zephyr

It took me a second or two.....  

But to be accurate, to be me  it would have to be pronounced diva instead of diva

[Dottleshead ★]

What would a prima diva be? 

[Square Wheels]

7 hours ago, Zephyr said:

It took me a second or two.....  

But to be accurate, to be me  it would have to be pronounced diva instead of diva

Welcome to Bawhstin.

[Wilbur ★]

On 12/19/2021 at 3:47 AM, Dottles said:

What would a prima diva be? 

First goddess.  

[Rattlecan ★]

 

A diva can't break your heart like a prima donna can.

 

[bikeman564™]

[shootingstar]

Diva sounds like a louder, more aggressive version of  prima donna.

OR

diva is just a very confident woman 

[Dottleshead ★]

I see chocolate in diva myself