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Artist vs Illustrator - What's the difference?

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Illustrator is a related term of artist.



As nouns the difference between artist and illustrator

is that artist is a person who creates art while illustrator is a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines.

As an adjective artist

is artistic.

artist

English

Noun

  • A person who creates art.
  • A person who creates art as an occupation.
  • A person who is skilled at some activity.

    • Derived terms

    * artistdom * artistic * artistically * artistry * con artist * escape artist * pickup artist * piss-artist * quick-change artist

    See also

    * animator * artisan * drawer * sculptor

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Artistic.
  • *, vol.1, ch.24:
    • Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

    Anagrams

    * * * English words suffixed with -ist ----

    illustrator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines)
    • Terry is one of the best illustrators of children's books in the country.

    Related terms

    * illustrate * illustration * artist