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Arts vs Painter - What's the difference?

arts | painter |

As nouns the difference between arts and painter

is that arts is plural of lang=en while painter is an artist who paints pictures.

As a proper noun Painter is

{{surname|lang=en|from=common nouns}.

arts

English

Noun

(head)
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  • *
    • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence.}}

    Derived terms

    * arts and crafts * fine arts * martial arts

    Anagrams

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    painter

    English

    (wikipedia painter)

    Etymology 1

    From (paint), influenced by (etyl) paintre.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An artist who paints pictures.
  • A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
  • (label) A mountain lion, by mispronunciation of "panther".
    • Derived terms
    {{der3, painter's colic , painter-stainer}}

    Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.
  • (label) A rope connected to the bow of a boat, used to attach it to e.g. a jetty or another boat.
  • * 1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) :
    • "Shove that (fat, wicker luncheon-basket) under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
    • , title= The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter , and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns English terms with multiple etymologies