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Painting vs Coloring - What's the difference?

painting | coloring |

As verbs the difference between painting and coloring

is that painting is present participle of lang=en while coloring is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between painting and coloring

is that painting is an illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s) while coloring is an act or process which applies color.

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

    Anagrams

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    coloring

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (mainly British: ) colouring

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or process which applies color.
  • The appearance as to color.
  • A disguise or discoloration.

    • Related terms

    * colorable * coloration * colored * color guard * colorless * color line