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Artwork vs Graphic - What's the difference?

artwork | graphic |

As nouns the difference between artwork and graphic

is that artwork is a painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art while graphic is a drawing or picture.

As an adjective graphic is

drawn, pictorial.

artwork

English

Noun

  • A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
  • * {{quote-book, year=2000, title=Privately Owned Public Space: the New York City Experience, author= Jerold S. Kayden
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  • (uncountable) Artistic work.
  • (uncountable, reprographics) The graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work.
    • The text has been reviewed, but the photographer hasn't delivered some of the artwork .

    graphic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * graphick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • drawn, pictorial
  • vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence

    • Related terms

    * graphical

    Derived terms

    * graphics card

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drawing or picture.
  • (mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
    • I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.

    Related terms

    * graphic art * graph * graphical * graphician * lithographic * photographic * pornographic * reprographic

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