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Caricaturist vs Cartoonist - What's the difference?

caricaturist | cartoonist |

As nouns the difference between caricaturist and cartoonist

is that caricaturist is a person who draws caricatures while cartoonist is person who creates a cartoon or strip cartoons.

caricaturist

English

Noun

(wikipedia caricaturist) (en noun)
  • A person who draws caricatures.
  • * 1828 Amelia Alderson Opie - Detraction Displayed
  • But, the power of the caricaturist lies in exhibiting with increased ugliness personal and natural defects . . .

    cartoonist

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cartoonist) (en noun)
  • (comics) Person who creates a cartoon or strip cartoons.
  • (comics) Person who both writes and illustrates comic books or graphic novels.
  • Synonyms

    * comics artist , comic artist

    Derived terms

    * webcartoonist

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