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Painting vs Carving - What's the difference?

painting | carving |

As verbs the difference between painting and carving

is that painting is while carving is .

As nouns the difference between painting and carving

is that painting is (lb) an illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s) while carving is a carved object.

painting

English

(wikipedia painting)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
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  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
  • (lb) The action of applying paint to a surface.
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  • (lb) The same activity as an art form.
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    • Synonyms

    The same activity as an art form * third art

    Derived terms

    * oil painting

    Related terms

    * painter

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    carving

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A carved object.
    • The carving on the oak panels was ancient.
  • The craft of producing a carved object.
    • He took up carving after his retirement.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.

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